Marcus Teo

Measuring Social Trust in AI: How Institutions Shape the Usage Intention of AI‐Based Technologies What drives people to have trust in using artificial intelligence (AI)? How does the institutional environment shape social trust in AI? This study addresses these questions to explain the role of in....

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After a long and arduous journey, I'm super happy to announce my first AI publication! This was a study that I helped design before starting my PhD. I'm grateful that I got the opportunity to continue contributing to the study after leaving NTU! dx.doi.org/10.1155/hbe2...

I did an interview with Lawrence Anton on my Moderate Antinatalism! Thanks, Lawrence, for having me on the show - I had fun!

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A short piece in the Journal of Medical Ethics. This time about a worry from reading a paper arguing for an obligation to create genetically-related children. Deviating from my regular Antinatalist work, but an important subject nonetheless!

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We're delighted to be hosting Marcus T.L. Teo at the UOI for a short academic visit. Marcus is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE) in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.

We hope you have a lovely time in Oxford!

#Ethics #PracticalEthics

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After a brief publication dry spell, my third is finally out in Bioethics! This piece is the first to be published in a series of projects that studies downstream normative upshots from antinatalism!

It's available on Open Access now! doi.org/10.1111/bioe...

Not a philosophical argument at all, and indeed fully biased by my own views:

I spend a lot of my free time at a gym that has our local news station cast on TVs 24/7. I've never wanted to procreate less.

Thank you!

Happy to announce that I've passed my PhD Qualifying Examinations! I am now confirmed as a PhD Candidate, and am green lit to carry on with my thesis proper!

Controversial Ethics with Peter Singer - C B m E & U In the first episode of 2025, Julian and Sinead interview Professor Peter Singer on his life's work and controversial ideas in bioethics and ethics more broadly. Peter discusses his favourite karaoke ...

We are excited to release the first episode of CBmE & U for 2025! To kick off a year of big questions and new problems, @petersinger.info chats with
@juliansavulescu.bsky.social and I
about practical and controversial ethics!

Check it online at: www.buzzsprout.com/2384633/epis...

Is germline genome‐editing person‐affecting or identity‐affecting, and does it matter? Writers have debated whether germline genome-editing is person-affecting or identity-affecting. The difference is thought to be ethically relevant to whether we should choose genome-editing or choose...

Everyone loves a good non-identity problem question 🤣 but guess what, when it comes to promoting health, it's not as relevant as philosophers think. Andy McGee and I respond to
Julian Savulescu, Jeff McMahan (our helpful reviewer), and Rob Sparrow!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Time to Admit It: Trump Is a Great President. He’s Still Trying To Be a Good One. The most consequential presidents divided the nation — before “reuniting it on a new level of understanding.”

Another outlet absolutely caputulates to Trump's Fascistic vision, that greatness is simply a function of power and influence. We are called to admire greatness, nevermind if it is in service of a morally bankrupt core.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I was invited to give a little lecture at the University of Tokyo's Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law today. I had so much fun!

Special thanks are due to Eisuke-sensei, who set up this seminar, put me up in the university's guest accomodations, and hosted me with such warmth!

Got my first critique paper! #grateful

Of course, another week another mee pok.

Kaya toast: the Singaporean breakfast of champions.

Kaya is a coconut and pandan jam that's aromatic and rich, typically served with fridge-cold butter clamped between crispy toast. Soft-boiled (more poached, by western standards) eggs seasoned with soy sauce and white pepper on the side.

Antinatalism is still a young philosophy in the literature with plenty to flesh out (and defend) in its core philosophical tenets, but this is a good primer to the general thesis!

Antinatalism: could this be the fringe philosophy behind falling birthrates? — Artefact Young people cite financial, ethical, and environmental concerns for falling birthrates with some embracing the growing philosophy of antinatalism. This trend raises questions about the future of soci...

#antinatalism: could this be the fringe philosophy behind falling birthrates?

Another week another mee pok.

Another successful run of Ethics Café! I'm so grateful to my colleagues for their support in making ethics accessible to our medical undergrads beyond their core curriculum.

Moderate Compassionate Antinatalism with Marcus Teo C B m E & U · Episode

In case you missed it: I appeared on the Centre's podcast last month to talk about the account of Antinatalism that I defend. Spotify link below, but the episode is also available on other streaming services!

open.spotify.com/episode/0uWt...

Congrats!

Do PhD Candidates qualify? Hello from NUS, Singapore!

Hello! :D

Nasi Padang: a dish that hails from the Padang region of Indonesia, often made local by our Malay community. Customers can opt to create their own meals by picking dishes to go with their rice, or to share their dishes tapas-style. Heavily spiced and heavily spicy!

One of the most important local foods - the humble Fishball Noodle. Infinitely customisable, cheap, and filling fare. Choice of egg or rice noodles, in broth or dry. My go-to order is mee pok (think tagliatelle), dry with extra chilli.

Reduces my suffering quite substantially, this stuff.

To begin, allow me to wax lyrical about the superior coffee: Kopi.

Kopi is made with Robusta beans (instead of Arabica beans). The academic in me revels in the fact that Robusta beans are more caffeine-rich, but it's all about flavour: much less fruity and oily, deep and intense bitter goodness!

Aside from nerdy academic things, I also enjoy food. Maybe a little too much. Drawing inspiration from a colleague, I think I'll start posting Singaporean food content alongside my regular nerddom! Maybe one day I'll become the CBmE's official food tour guide for our guests.

I'll wait patiently. And slightly offended that My Neighbour Totoro is this low on your list... Hahaha

I've been told by a colleague that there's another exodus of academics from Twitter (or X) to Bluesky. Completely understandable. Hello, world!