NIH study identifies features of Long COVID neurological symptoms | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Twelve people with persistent neurological symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection were intensely studied at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and were found to have differences in their immune cell profiles and autonomic dysfunction. These data inform future studies to help explain persistent neurological symptoms in Long COVID. The findings, published in Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation(link…

Why Do Cyborgs Inspire Special Fear in Humans?

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9JMMXriVxY&ab_channel=Storied[/embed] Advances in technology are always met with some degree of technophobia—and villainization. And cyborgs represent a special kind of fear inherent in losing ourselves in the technologies we create.

Shit Just Got Real: Mozilla Social Private Beta Launch

Last year, we announced we’re dipping our toes into the world of Mastodon. Today, we’re expanding Mozilla.social to a private beta. We’ve put a lot of work into getting to this stage, but there is a lot more to do before we open it up more broadly. We’re making a long-term investment because we think…

Comparing Physician and Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions Posted to a Public Social Media Forum | Health Informatics | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network

Saving this excellent response before it gets possibly taken down. Chatbots can simulate empathy through pre-programmed responses, they cannot truly understand the emotions. Ediriweera Desapriya, PhD | Department of Pediatrics, faculty of medicine, UBC-BC Children’s Hospital Empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, is a complex emotional and cognitive…