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@emilymbender

Prof, Linguistics, UW // Faculty Director, CLMS // she/her // @[email protected] & bsky // rep by @ianbonaparte

faculty.washington.edu/ebender

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Jun 20, 2023
Mystery AI Hype Theater is now available in podcast form! buzzsprout.com/2126417 @alexhanna and I started this project as a one-off, trying out a new way of responding to and deflating AI hype... and then surprised ourselves by turning it into a series.
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this podcast, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna break down the AI hype, separate fact from fiction, and science from bloviation....
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Nov 5, 2024
Sunday's thread as a newsletter post, with replies to the most common types of counterarguments I encountered in my mentions. buttondown.com/maiht3k/archiv…
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Nov 4, 2024
As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access. A thread, with links: >>
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Nov 4, 2024
As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access. A thread, with links: >>
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Nov 1, 2024
MAIHT3k ep 43: AI Companies Gamble with Everyone's Planet buzzsprout.com/2126417/episod… in which @parismarx joins @alexhanna & me for an update on techbro fantasies of AI solving climate change + the current reality of their climate impact. w/thx to @ctaylsaurus for production!
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Oct 28, 2024
Took a break from reviewing copyedits (@alexhanna) to carve a pumpkin
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