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Well, I don't disagree #epitwitter

Well, I don't disagree #epitwitter

RT by @ECDC_EU: Big news
#WHO ánd #ECDC joined BlueSky! 🦋

#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth

🌍 World Health Organization @WHO
https://bsky.app/profile/who-global.bsky.social

🇪🇺 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ECDC_EU
https://bsky.app/profile/ecdc-eu.bsky.social

#EpiTwitter #EpiSky #SoMe4epi
😷🩺🧪🦠 🛟

[2024-11-20 08:32 UTC]

#EpiTwitter: Public Health Messaging During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ashwin Rao, Nazanin Sabri, Siyi Guo, Louiqa Raschid, Kristina Lerman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01866 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.01866

arXiv:2406.01866v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Effective communication during health crises is critical, with social media serving as a key platform for public health experts (PHEs) to engage with the public. However, it also amplifies pseudo-experts promoting contrarian views. Despite its importance, the role of emotional and moral language in PHEs' communication during COVID-19 remains under explored. This study examines how PHEs and pseudo-experts communicated on Twitter during the pandemic, focusing on emotional and moral language and their engagement with political elites. Analyzing tweets from 489 PHEs and 356 pseudo-experts from January 2020 to January 2021, alongside public responses, we identified key priorities and differences in messaging strategy. PHEs prioritize masking, healthcare, education, and vaccines, using positive emotional language like optimism. In contrast, pseudo-experts discuss therapeutics and lockdowns more frequently, employing negative emotions like pessimism and disgust. Negative emotional and moral language tends to drive engagement, but positive language from PHEs fosters positivity in public responses. PHEs exhibit liberal partisanship, expressing more positivity towards liberals and negativity towards conservative elites, while pseudo-experts show conservative partisanship. These findings shed light on the polarization of COVID-19 discourse and underscore the importance of strategic use of emotional and moral language by experts to mitigate polarization and enhance public trust.

RT by @ECDC_EU: Amazing presentation by Ines Steffens, Editor-in-cief of @Eurosurveillanc to end the day at @ECDC_EU @ESCMID talking about diamond #openaccess, responsible use of #AI, and many other exciting topics related to #science!
#PublicHealth #EpiTwitter

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/yassentch/status/1714674134515413027#m

[2023-10-18 16:05 UTC]

Hi #epitwitter #epiverse #malaria community: in drug treatment, we accept that combination therapy is a good way to prevent drug-resistance emergence. And that #tripletherapy is likely to be more preventative than #doubletherapy. 1/

Hi #epitwitter #epiverse #malaria community: in drug treatment, we accept that combination therapy is a good way to prevent drug-resistance emergence. And that #tripletherapy is likely to be more preventative than #doubletherapy. 1/

Hey demography/epi friends:

What are your favorite measures of the intensity of mortality in one group or the difference/change in mortality across multiple groups or over time?

Got any cutting-edge innovations (there are a bunch!) or forgotten favorites? I’m compiling a list. I’ve got tons but I want yours!

#demography #epi #EpiTwitter #PopStudies #mortality #longevity #MortalityDisparities #lifespan

Hey demography/epi friends:

What are your favorite measures of the intensity of mortality in one group or the difference/change in mortality across multiple groups or over time?

Got any cutting-edge innovations (there are a bunch!) or forgotten favorites? I’m compiling a list. I’ve got tons but I want yours!

#demography #epi #EpiTwitter #PopStudies #mortality #longevity #MortalityDisparities #lifespan

Hi #epitwitter #epiverse #influenza mastodon, when does influenza transmission occur in the tropics where there’s no winter to concentrate all respiratory virus transmission into a single short season? There has been a lot of focus on this question for the past 15 years. 1/

Hi #epitwitter #epiverse #influenza mastodon, when does influenza transmission occur in the tropics where there’s no winter to concentrate all respiratory virus transmission into a single short season? There has been a lot of focus on this question for the past 15 years. 1/

Any users of the Cochrane ROB2 Excel template (for cRCTs) willing to help me troubleshoot a technical glitch? (Related to the .xlsm file itself) lmk + I'd be grateful! #epitwitter

Any users of the Cochrane ROB2 Excel template (for cRCTs) willing to help me troubleshoot a technical glitch? (Related to the .xlsm file itself) lmk + I'd be grateful! #epitwitter

Honored to work with Dr. MAIHDA, @clarerevans42 is the best! I and Drs. Nieves, @HeidiJones_Epi and Huynh look forward to continue collaborating.

#SDoH #socialepi #medicalsociology #AcademicTwitter #epiverse #epitwitter
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RT @clarerevans42
Excited to share our study on
intersectional inequities in birthweight using intersectional multilevel modeling (MAIHDA)

#socialdeterminants #socialepi #medicalsociology #AcademicTwitter

Ha…
https://twitter.com/clarerevans42/status/1652042863130316800

Honored to work with Dr. MAIHDA, @clarerevans42 is the best! I and Drs. Nieves, @HeidiJones_Epi and Huynh look forward to continue collaborating.

#SDoH #socialepi #medicalsociology #AcademicTwitter #epiverse #epitwitter
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RT @clarerevans42
Excited to share our study on
intersectional inequities in birthweight using intersectional multilevel modeling (MAIHDA)

#socialdeterminants #socialepi #medicalsociology #AcademicTwitter

Ha…
https://twitter.com/clarerevans42/status/1652042863130316800

#Publication, #PeerReview & Rejections: "Interestingly, it is reported that 62% of papers have been rejected at least once by other journals before getting published." #journal #editor #academia #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @Sunitasriv
Why our papers get rejected👇 #PhD #PhDposition #phdlife #research #scientists #Science

@PhDVoice
Source : "Rejection Blues: Why Do Research Papers Get Rejected?" by Suva…
https://twitter.com/Sunitasriv/status/1650733329358921728

#Publication, #PeerReview & Rejections: "Interestingly, it is reported that 62% of papers have been rejected at least once by other journals before getting published." #journal #editor #academia #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @Sunitasriv
Why our papers get rejected👇 #PhD #PhDposition #phdlife #research #scientists #Science

@PhDVoice
Source : "Rejection Blues: Why Do Research Papers Get Rejected?" by Suva…
https://twitter.com/Sunitasriv/status/1650733329358921728

Very interesting piece on CIs. #academia #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @DataSciFact
Confidence intervals are better in practice than in theory.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2023/04/23/confidence-interval/
https://twitter.com/DataSciFact/status/1650200080274583553

Very interesting piece on CIs. #academia #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @DataSciFact
Confidence intervals are better in practice than in theory.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2023/04/23/confidence-interval/
https://twitter.com/DataSciFact/status/1650200080274583553

Interesting thread on #AI & #research: “We found substantial inequalities in how these tools misgender & misrecognize the race/ethnicity of authors, distributing erroneous ascriptions unevenly among other demographic traits.” #academia #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @jw_lockhart
Ahh congratulations to my coauthors!! It's publication day for our new @NatureHumBehav article!

Our work has big implications for anyone imputi…
https://twitter.com/jw_lockhart/status/1647997688028471296

Interesting thread on #AI & #research: “We found substantial inequalities in how these tools misgender & misrecognize the race/ethnicity of authors, distributing erroneous ascriptions unevenly among other demographic traits.” #academia #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @jw_lockhart
Ahh congratulations to my coauthors!! It's publication day for our new @NatureHumBehav article!

Our work has big implications for anyone imputi…
https://twitter.com/jw_lockhart/status/1647997688028471296

PSA loud and clear for the people in the back! #academia #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @DrMonicaCox
This is how you know who is valued in your organization.

Whose stories are believed?
Whose complaints are responded to?
Who is paid the most?
Who is given multiple chances?
Whose bad behaviors are not addressed?
Who benefits from organizational policies?
https://twitter.com/DrMonicaCox/status/1646886056724254721

PSA loud and clear for the people in the back! #academia #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @DrMonicaCox
This is how you know who is valued in your organization.

Whose stories are believed?
Whose complaints are responded to?
Who is paid the most?
Who is given multiple chances?
Whose bad behaviors are not addressed?
Who benefits from organizational policies?
https://twitter.com/DrMonicaCox/status/1646886056724254721

Sad but true: Bullying is tool used in #academia by mediocre people to get to the top. Even worst when institutions allow these behaviors. #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse #AcademicTwitter https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01311-z
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RT @DrMonicaCox
Sometimes I wonder if the people I meet in higher ed were the ones beating other kids up on the playground or cheating on tests, because why are their so many thugs here?
…
https://twitter.com/DrMonicaCox/status/1646125575529021440

Sad but true: Bullying is tool used in #academia by mediocre people to get to the top. Even worst when institutions allow these behaviors. #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse #AcademicTwitter https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01311-z
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RT @DrMonicaCox
Sometimes I wonder if the people I meet in higher ed were the ones beating other kids up on the playground or cheating on tests, because why are their so many thugs here?
…
https://twitter.com/DrMonicaCox/status/1646125575529021440

Excellent thread on #causation #causalinference #epitwitter #epiverse #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter
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RT @EpiEllie
Interested in thinking more deeply about what a “cause” is? Causation: A Very Short Introduction from @ranilillanjum and @SDMumford is a great starting point.

Thread recap starting now👇🏽#twittereview #epibookclub #causation #causalinference #epimethodsclub
https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1041369701996265474

Excellent thread on #causation #causalinference #epitwitter #epiverse #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter
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RT @EpiEllie
Interested in thinking more deeply about what a “cause” is? Causation: A Very Short Introduction from @ranilillanjum and @SDMumford is a great starting point.

Thread recap starting now👇🏽#twittereview #epibookclub #causation #causalinference #epimethodsclub
https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1041369701996265474

“The daggle app is implemented as an R shiny application using the golem framework. The app builds upon existing R libraries including pcalg to generate reproducible random DAGs, dagitty to identify all valid minimal adjustment sets & ggdag to visualize.” #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @IntJEpidemiol
Software Application Profile: The daggle app—a tool to support learning and teaching the graphical rules of selecting adjustment variable…
https://twitter.com/IntJEpidemiol/status/1645335815969726467

“The daggle app is implemented as an R shiny application using the golem framework. The app builds upon existing R libraries including pcalg to generate reproducible random DAGs, dagitty to identify all valid minimal adjustment sets & ggdag to visualize.” #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @IntJEpidemiol
Software Application Profile: The daggle app—a tool to support learning and teaching the graphical rules of selecting adjustment variable…
https://twitter.com/IntJEpidemiol/status/1645335815969726467

No bad for GOT-4 on #thebookofwhy, my fave book, by @yudapearl #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @curious_vii
I’m a huge fan of @yudapearl’s “The Book of Why,” esp his 3-level causal reasoning model.

But it got me wondering…

Could there be even higher levels of causal reasoning?

So I asked GPT-4, and it produced a speculative take w/ 6 additional levels.

Here they are, from 1–9 🧵
https://twitter.com/curious_vii/status/1644144700599812096

No bad for GOT-4 on #thebookofwhy, my fave book, by @yudapearl #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @curious_vii
I’m a huge fan of @yudapearl’s “The Book of Why,” esp his 3-level causal reasoning model.

But it got me wondering…

Could there be even higher levels of causal reasoning?

So I asked GPT-4, and it produced a speculative take w/ 6 additional levels.

Here they are, from 1–9 🧵
https://twitter.com/curious_vii/status/1644144700599812096

“The average for these full-time full professors at public colleges and universities was $140,400, while it was $188,400 at private, nonprofit, non–religiously affiliated institutions.” #academia #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #epiverse #epitwitter @CUNY @CUNYSPH @PSC_CUNY
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RT @insidehighered
Continued inflation consumed even the largest average salary increase in more than 30 years, the @AAUP reports. #HigherEd https://bit.ly…
https://twitter.com/insidehighered/status/1644309045971435521

“The average for these full-time full professors at public colleges and universities was $140,400, while it was $188,400 at private, nonprofit, non–religiously affiliated institutions.” #academia #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #epiverse #epitwitter @CUNY @CUNYSPH @PSC_CUNY
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RT @insidehighered
Continued inflation consumed even the largest average salary increase in more than 30 years, the @AAUP reports. #HigherEd https://bit.ly…
https://twitter.com/insidehighered/status/1644309045971435521

#PeerReview: “Peer review—ostensibly the assessment of scientific quality by scientists—came to be the ultimate imprimatur of quality, particularly from the perspective of the non-scientist public.” #AcademicChatter #postdoctoral #thepostdoctoral #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @RetractionWatch
“[P]eer review has been widely considered to be a form of quality assurance, yet today, it is the subject of considerable debate, given its (a…
https://twitter.com/RetractionWatch/status/1644097824005537792

#PeerReview: “Peer review—ostensibly the assessment of scientific quality by scientists—came to be the ultimate imprimatur of quality, particularly from the perspective of the non-scientist public.” #AcademicChatter #postdoctoral #thepostdoctoral #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @RetractionWatch
“[P]eer review has been widely considered to be a form of quality assurance, yet today, it is the subject of considerable debate, given its (a…
https://twitter.com/RetractionWatch/status/1644097824005537792

Very interesting thread from @yudapearl on using #GPT4 to address a #causalinference question. #epitwitter #epiverse #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #PhD
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RT @yudapearl
Got my first session with GPT-4, amazing! Though it failed its first causal understanding test.
Me: "Is it possible that smoking causes grade increase on the average and, simultaneously, smoking causes grade decrease in every age group?"
GPT-4: It is theoretically p…
https://twitter.com/yudapearl/status/1642780699953627137

Very interesting thread from @yudapearl on using #GPT4 to address a #causalinference question. #epitwitter #epiverse #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #PhD
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RT @yudapearl
Got my first session with GPT-4, amazing! Though it failed its first causal understanding test.
Me: "Is it possible that smoking causes grade increase on the average and, simultaneously, smoking causes grade decrease in every age group?"
GPT-4: It is theoretically p…
https://twitter.com/yudapearl/status/1642780699953627137

Please see below to access data from @BRFSS. Thank you for making the data available! #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse #AcademicTwitter #phdvoice #phdchat #PhD
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RT @1ArmedEconomist
The @BRFSS puts together great data on health behavior and outcomes, but only makes it available in hard-to-use formats. That's why I'm posting the 1987-2021 BRFSS annual survey in Stata and CSV:
https://economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/02/23/b…
https://twitter.com/1ArmedEconomist/status/1628888594768097282

Please see below to access data from @BRFSS. Thank you for making the data available! #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse #AcademicTwitter #phdvoice #phdchat #PhD
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RT @1ArmedEconomist
The @BRFSS puts together great data on health behavior and outcomes, but only makes it available in hard-to-use formats. That's why I'm posting the 1987-2021 BRFSS annual survey in Stata and CSV:
https://economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/02/23/b…
https://twitter.com/1ArmedEconomist/status/1628888594768097282

Relatable! 💯💯 I have been advocating for doctoral students to rate advisors/mentors for years and no one wants to do it or listen to me! #RateYourPhDAdvisor #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #epitwitter
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RT @GradSkoolStrugs
It hurts me knowing that many abusive academic advisors will never receive any consequences.
https://twitter.com/GradSkoolStrugs/status/1640134903978242049

Relatable! 💯💯 I have been advocating for doctoral students to rate advisors/mentors for years and no one wants to do it or listen to me! #RateYourPhDAdvisor #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #epitwitter
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RT @GradSkoolStrugs
It hurts me knowing that many abusive academic advisors will never receive any consequences.
https://twitter.com/GradSkoolStrugs/status/1640134903978242049

#TargetTrial and observational data for cancer research. #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @_MiguelHernan
The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (@EORTC) endorses #TargetTrial emulation with #RWD.

An organization with unmatched expertise in the design of #randomizedtrials embraces their explicit emulation when using observational data.
https://www.ejcancer.com/article/S0959-8049(23)00149-1/fulltext
https://twitter.com/_MiguelHernan/status/1638259606072750094

#TargetTrial and observational data for cancer research. #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @_MiguelHernan
The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (@EORTC) endorses #TargetTrial emulation with #RWD.

An organization with unmatched expertise in the design of #randomizedtrials embraces their explicit emulation when using observational data.
https://www.ejcancer.com/article/S0959-8049(23)00149-1/fulltext
https://twitter.com/_MiguelHernan/status/1638259606072750094

Work environment values: "It’s an uncomfortable truth—and recent layoffs bring that home. Stop faking ‘family’ and, instead, lay down more sincere brand values." #AcademicTwitter #Academia #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse https://www.fastcompany.com/90856449/no-your-company-is-not-your-family

Work environment values: "It’s an uncomfortable truth—and recent layoffs bring that home. Stop faking ‘family’ and, instead, lay down more sincere brand values." #AcademicTwitter #Academia #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse https://www.fastcompany.com/90856449/no-your-company-is-not-your-family

#Research & integrity: “Research institutes, funding agencies and scholarly journals can do a lot to foster research integrity, first and foremost by improving the quality of peer review and reforming researcher assessment.” #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @RetractionWatch
“Why research integrity matters and how it can be improved.”
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08989621.2023.2189010
https://twitter.com/RetractionWatch/status/1638284537661648898

#Research & integrity: “Research institutes, funding agencies and scholarly journals can do a lot to foster research integrity, first and foremost by improving the quality of peer review and reforming researcher assessment.” #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @RetractionWatch
“Why research integrity matters and how it can be improved.”
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08989621.2023.2189010
https://twitter.com/RetractionWatch/status/1638284537661648898

Hi #epitwitter #epiverse, a short opinion here of our history of making the right public health choices and what will happen if we fail to make the right choice on COVID vaccination.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/us-covid-vaccine-prevent-deaths-20230314.html

Hi #epitwitter #epiverse, a short opinion here of our history of making the right public health choices and what will happen if we fail to make the right choice on COVID vaccination.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/us-covid-vaccine-prevent-deaths-20230314.html

MDPI journals are considered predatory. It is unclear who the evaluator is as Bell stops the list a while ago. https://predatoryreports.org/news/f/list-of-all-mdpi-predatory-publications?fbclid=IwAR2FbGSY4Dktl4X8GWkcfgAuBcBNZLk2uzmywGpv0CoJ8-2E9usR-3P8Glg @PredatoryReport #epiverse #epitwitter #AcademicChatter #publication

Research Reporting: "Country–respondents from India or USA perceived detrimental research practices to be more prevalent than respondents from other countries." #academia #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #epitwitter #epiverse #postdoc https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0270054&s=03

PSA: #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @ildiazm
👀 looking at you people who fit models using predictors measured X hours/days before the outcome https://twitter.com/CausalKathy/status/1633476741430747136
https://twitter.com/ildiazm/status/1633488417047601152

PSA for #academia: Indeed, have not only the leadership development failed but also external hires have a moral impact on the internal candidates. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @AdamMGrant
When we hire from the outside, we pay more to get less.

Despite costing more, external hires perform worse and quit more. Promoting from within fuels individual growth and collective success.

If there are never stron…
https://twitter.com/AdamMGrant/status/1633535647645573120

#AI and authorship: @cope statement #academia #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #epitwitter #epiverse
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RT @StvFdz
@C0PE Position Statement:
Authorship and AI tools

▶️ https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author
https://twitter.com/StvFdz/status/1632639749658648577