Itai Bavli
@itaibavli
PhD | Research Associate UBC | Public Health Consultant | Peace Activist | Public health errors | Public health ethics | Racism & health | AI ethics | COI | Opioids | Prev. Harvard, BU & Hebrew U
Our new piece in BMJ: Artificial intelligence as a new commercial determinant of health www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
AI platforms as health influencing infrastructure: Chatbots, search engines, social media, and recommendation systems increasingly mediate health advice, self-diagnosis, and purchasing. Their design, data practices, and commercial incentives shape what information and products people see. 7/9
Through this framework (AI-CDoH), we examine: 👉 AI knowledge capture 👉 AI regulatory and policy capture 👉 AI shaping of the public narrative 👉 AI platforms as health influencing infrastructure 3/9
How is AI changing the ways commercial actors influence health? Check out our new article published in BMJ: "Artificial intelligence as a new commercial determinant of health." We introduce the AI commercial determinants of health (AI-CDoH) framework 🧵 @bmj.com 1/9
Finally, it’s here: The Future Is Peace by @azizabusarah.bsky.social and my dear friend Maoz Inon
Love this quote: "Imagination is more important than knowledge… For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." -- Albert Einstein
1/3 A disturbing new paper published in Science on malicious AI swarms and the risks they pose to democracy. AI systems can now: • manipulate beliefs and behaviours at scale • generate persuasive propaganda without losing credibility • fabricate realistic content and coordinated narratives -->
Important work outlining common mechanisms used by six health-harming industries: tobacco, pharmaceutical, opioid, fossil fuel, food, and chemical industries www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 1. Knowledge capture 2. Regulatory and policy capture 3. Shaping the public narrative
So much in this short passage about Baruch Spinoza. Exile, intellectual freedom, sacrifice, and a life devoted to ideas despite the personal cost. He died at 45
In Health Policy, we propose an independent third-party institution to conduct rigorous, technology-enhanced monitoring of drug safety and effectiveness without relying on pharmaceutical companies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I’ve started a Substack dedicated to PUBLIC HEALTH ERRORS. Subscribe, it’s free :) itaibavli.substack.com
An updated version of my piece on how a “safe and effective” radiation treatment put millions at risk of cancer, the action taken by the NCI in the US to warn the public, and Canada’s failure to follow suit.
Happy 8th night of Hanukkah. May these lights bring peace. And happy Yalda to all my dear Persian friends
Just finished it. Such a powerful book, beautifully written and about so much more than consent. It’s a great reminder of why history matters so much in bioethics, especially when we talk about trust. I didn’t know about the cell factory at Tuskegee
Not every day you get to meet the President of The Hastings Center for Bioethics. So great connecting with Vardit Ravitsky
Five years after their 2020 article, Vyas, Eisenstein, and Jones reflect in @nejm.org on the progress, tensions, and future of race correction in medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
I wrote a short piece introducing a topic the academic community mostly ignored open.substack.com/pub/itaibavl...
Paris reminds me of Romain Gary in 'The Kites' (may not be the exact wording): to taste your cooking is erotic, but to see your prices is pornographic
Impressive gathering in London with UK Friends of Standing Together and partners. Powerful speeches by Mira Awad and Magen Inon 🕊️