
Fall 2026 Updates
Forum scholars have continued to meet year round to assess the state of bioethics, highlight topics and areas of interest, and collaborate on research. There are several projects underway. We have an animal ethics piece in the drafting phase. Other issues on the table include best practices for disclosing medical information to patients, critical psychiatry,…
Event Recap
Columbia University Bioethics recently hosted a well-attended webinar discussing automation complacency in medical decision-making. Key speakers included Michael Saadeh, who defined automation bias, and Emily Beer, who reviewed relevant legal cases. Camille Castelyn emphasized cultural impacts on AI in healthcare, while Joel Janhonen addressed psychological tendencies towards automated decisions. Risks of automation complacency and ethical…
Clinical Care AI & Automation Bias Event
The authors of Automation complacency: risks of abdicating medical decision making. AI Ethics will present their work at a CLE event hosted by Columbia University Bioethics on November 13 at 6:15 pm. The webinar will provide insights about what leads people to rely on AI, exploring time constraints as well as automation bias. The risks of AI…

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