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Aleks Krotoski @alekskrotoski.bsky.social · 8d

A really important episode on today's Artificial Human: Why is AI erasing people? Answer: it ain't just accidental bias. Find out what's happening and what we can do about it, with me and @drkevinfong.bsky.social by listening again on @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Artificial Human, Why is AI erasing people?

Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if AI is erasing certain people from who we see online.

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 8d

“If you lived in a world that wasn’t built for you, you’d feel disabled too.”

Ever been erased by AI? Powerful stuff from Paralympic swimmer @JessSmith27 and @abran in this week’s #ArtificialHuman.

Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Artificial Human - Why is AI erasing people? - BBC Sounds

Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if AI is erasing certain people from who we see online.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Aleks Krotoski @alekskrotoski.bsky.social · 15d

Did you just miss the first episode of the new #ArtificialHuman series from BBC Radio 4 with me and @drkevinfong.bsky.social - CAN AI MAKE ME FITTER? Go on, listen again on @bbcsounds.bsky.social : www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

BBC Audio | The Artificial Human | Can AI make me fitter?

Can AI be a personal trainer to get you off the sofa, and onto the marathon start line?

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 16d

Statement from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

"MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children"

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MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children

Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Aug 23

Great to hear that you enjoyed it, and your story. Sorry you missed Jim!

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Aug 16

James Lovell & NASA’s Apollo 13 team: a masterclass in bearing the odds. I always try to bring the best lessons I learn back to my career in medicine. Wrote the last lines of script for #13minutestothemoon S2 in Spring 2020, after the UK’s 1st Covid wave. A kernel of hope. Thank you Jim. #AdAstra

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Aug 8

Farewell & thanks for everything Captain James Lovell. Apollo 8 Command Module Pilot - arguably NASA’s boldest mission - Commander & survivor of the ill fated Apollo 13. I’ve met few people more inspiring or more generous with their legacy. God Speed, safe flight. #AdAstra #NASA

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Aug 7

Stop this. Just… Stop it. Stop using "generative AI" for anything that might actually matter, and especially things that, if it gets them wrong, *Might Fucking Kill You.*

Why does this need to be said? Why is this not obvious??? Why is this not the default way of fucking operating?! What the FUCK.

John Ross @johnrossmd.bsky.social · Aug 7

Wild case of ChatGPT almost killing a guy by telling him to substitute sodium bromine for table salt (sodium chloride) #medsky www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

With improvement, he was able to report that he had recently noticed new-onset facial acne and cherry angiomas, fatigue, insomnia, subtle ataxia, and polydipsia, further suggesting bromism. He also shared that, after reading about the negative effects that sodium chloride, or table salt, has on one's health, he was surprised that he could only find literature related to reducing sodium from one's diet. Inspired by his history of studying nutrition in college, he decided to conduct a personal experiment to eliminate chloride from his diet. For 3 months, he had replaced sodium chloride with sodium bromide obtained from the internet after consultation with ChatGPT, in which he had read that chloride can be swapped with bromide, though likely for other purposes, such as cleaning.
Gradually, over the course of a 3-week admission, his chloride and anion gap normalized and psychotic symptoms improved. He was tapered off risperidone before discharge and remained stable off medication at a check-in 2 weeks after discharge. His bromide level ultimately was 1700 mg/L (21 mmol/L; reference range, 0.9 to 7.3 mg/L).

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · Jul 31

There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jul 27

What a moment! What an achievement. Wonderful way to watch them bring it home. Chloe Kelly & the indomitable #Lionesses #England #LatitudeFestival

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jul 19

I grew up reading everything I could about Project Apollo. But I lived through the Shuttle program. #16Sunsets by the original #13MinutestotheMoon team: @andrewl-b.bsky.social, @scirad.bsky.social + @davejgiles.bsky.social
& @richardcourtice.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...

16 Sunsets

History Podcast · Fortnightly series ·

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thanks buddy!

Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thanks Paul!

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 26

Last one from the #16Sunsets team for a while. Great fun chatting to the incredible @Cmdr_Hadfield about space shuttle, life, the universe & intercepting Russian nuclear bombers. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...

Bonus Episode: Chris Hadfield ‘Tilting the Wheel’

Podcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 Bonus · 47m

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 25

Massive congratulations on this Mark!

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Jun 24

We're happy to announce @markmiodownik.bsky.social as our new Professor for Public Engagement in Science! His mission will be to transform our understanding of how we make, use, reuse & recycle products, & explore how we can live more sustainably. Watch this space! royalsociety.org/news/2025/06...

Living sustainably to be theme for new Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science, Mark Miodownik | Royal Society

Material scientist, engineer, broadcaster and award-winning author, Professor Miodownik will use his expertise to explore how we can live more sustainably, both as individuals and as a society.

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 21

50 years have passed since “Jaws” the movie was first released. Which scares me way more than any giant shark ever could.

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 21

East Croydon, right?

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 21

On the complexities of Covid. And why there’s more to it than whether lockdowns were bad or good. Really great piece from @adamjkucharski.bsky.social

Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · Jun 19

New piece on why it’s unhelpful to characterise COVID debate as ‘lockdowns are bad’ vs ‘lockdowns are good’ when it was really about people who claimed that COVID was 100x less fatal than it was + optimal to have a massive epidemic immediately before vaccine… vs those who sense checked these claims.

Restrictions had unequal impacts, but the pandemic itself did too. - Boston Review

Adam Kucharski responds to Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee.

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Mary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social · Jun 20

The remarkable number and range of attempts to improve primary care access laid out here through a great collaboration between @healthfoundation.bsky.social and @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk. This catalogue will be useful for for years to come for those seeking ways to do better at access.

BJGP Open @bjgpopen.bsky.social · Jun 19

What’s been tried? A curated catalogue of efforts to improve access to general practice
➡️ doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
‬Using 449 different sources, this review offers a comprehensive, thematically curated catalogue of attempts to improve access to general practice.

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 17

From Major Incidents to Life on Mars. The final episode in this series of #TheLifeScientific with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social and - uh - me 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Life Scientific - Kevin Fong on medical planning for Mars and Earth-based emergencies - BBC Sounds

Kevin Fong on pestering Nasa, medical planning for Mars and handling major A&E incidents.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 16

Honoured (though a little surprised) to be last lab coat up in the current series of #LifeScientific. Lovely to chat with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social for this. Tune in tomorrow Radio 4 9am. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Kevin Fong on medical planning for Mars and Earth-based emergencies

Kevin Fong on pestering Nasa, medical planning for Mars and handling major A&E incidents.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · Jun 13

Well this is terrifying. Thanks, team.

Watch here, there are lots of skulls:

youtu.be/dzahheunCro?...

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 12

Is China getting AI right? Been a couple of months since the cheaper, leaner LLM Deepseek rocked the AI world. How? What does it mean for Silicon Valley’s closed “all you need is scale” approach. And who will win the title fight? #ArtificialHuman www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Artificial Human - Is China getting AI right? - BBC Sounds

Aleks and Kevin ask whose AI development ideology will win: China or the US?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Jun 6

These days AI knows & says lots of things about us. But what do you do if it accuses you of murder? And not just *any* murder … join me & @alekskrotoski.bsky.social to find out.
#TheArtificialHuman

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Artificial Human - What Do I Do if AI Gets Me Wrong? - BBC Sounds

What can you do if an AI is making stuff up about you? Aleks and Kevin find out.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · May 30

Try this podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...

16 Sunsets

History Podcast · Fortnightly series ·

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