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Empirical (bio) ethics 101 @ Ca’ Foscari Challenge School
Lesson 1 (theory, exercise, case study – DIPEx) Lesson 2 (case study – telegram social listening and PHERCC ethics)
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Doing research in bioethics using empirical methods@DMM Postgraduate Course in Bioethics 2024
I presented these slides during the Postgraduate Course in Bioethics 2024 organized by the Department of Molecular Medicine of the University of Padova. Yay, back home! What is empirical ethics? A logical next step in the development of practical ethics after the turn to “applied ethics”. It can be both descriptive and normative, and it’s…
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SDPI – Synthetic disinformation through politeness and impersonation
OSF repository with details, data and code: https://osf.io/jn349/ The present study investigates the impact of tone and impersonation on the production of synthetic disinformation using OpenAI’s Large Language Models (LLMs) davinci-002, davinci-003, gpt-3.5-turbo, and gpt-4. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the impact of impersonation and tone on the production of synthetic…
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Cross country analysis of qualitative interviews: Developing a method, a community and an understanding of how Covid has been experienced around the globe
Since early 2020 there have been thousands of papers, reports, analyses, podcasts and media articles documenting each stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as many hundreds of reviews, opinions, discussion pieces and commentaries interpreting the impacts of this genuinely unprecedented (at least in terms of the societal response) global event. It might be reasonable…
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Exploring the role of AI in classifying, analyzing, and generating case reports on assisted suicide cases: feasibility and ethical implications
This paper presents a study on the use of AI models for the classification of case reports on assisted suicide procedures. The database of the five Dutch regional bioethics committees was scraped to collect the 72 case reports available in English. We trained several AI models for classification according to the categories defined by the…
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Maschera o maschio: ardenti verità contro freddi stereotipi
Scrive Francesco Piccolo su Repubblica che “non esistono i maschi progressisti”. Scrive che “Quanto più al maschio verranno sottratte arroganza e supremazia, sicurezza e predominio, tanto più si sentirà fragile; e quanto più si sentirà fragile, tanto più combatterà disperatamente. La fragilità ci rende spaventosi, noi maschi; tanto quanto ci rende spaventosi la violenza; soltanto…
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Dieci punti @La montagna come ambiente educativo, Andreis 2023
I gave this talk in Andreis, at a conference on pedagogy and mountains organized by Fondazione Ezio Migotto. Here are the slides, the ten points I mention, and even a video of the talk.
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Women’s experiences with non-invasive prenatal testing in Switzerland: a qualitative analysis
Background Prenatal genetic testing, in particular non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), as well as screening for risks associated with pregnancy, and counseling, play pivotal roles in reproductive healthcare, offering valuable information about the health of the fetus to expectant parents. This study aims to delve into the perspectives and experiences of women considering genetic testing and…
