In which @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social remind us that the risk of AI is not "superintelligence gone rogue," but human reliance on flawed systems in high-stakes situations: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender theguardian.com
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- A US special operations analyst used a chatbot to assess intel on a Chinese ship, and the AI falsely claimed it carried nuclear weapon components.
- Military planes were in the air and personnel were preparing to board before officials caught the hallucination and stood down, per CNN sources.
- Gebru and Bender argue the real AI risk is error-prone deployment in high-stakes settings today, not speculative superintelligence.
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@timnitgebru.blacksky.app explains how doomers and their "machine-god narrative" are feeding the hype machine and distracting us from the real harms of AI: www.wired.com/story/one-of...
One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’ wired.com
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- Timnit Gebru told WIRED's Lauren Goode that the 'machine-god narrative' behind AI extinction talk is 'meant to distract us' from present harms.
- Her list of what she calls truly existential is concrete: autonomous weapons in warfare, data-centre climate damage, and bosses using AI to justify layoffs.
- Asked to describe step by step how AI would push humanity to extinction, Gebru answered, 'I can't really envision it.'
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@timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social puncture the latest AI hype, addressing everything from "hacking" to "math breakthroughs" to "superhuman" machines (and possibly break a record for scare quote usage along the way). www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype technologyreview.com
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- Timnit Gebru and Emily M. Bender argue the summer's AI 'breakthroughs' on hacking, math and superintelligence fall apart under expert scrutiny.
- They cite cybersecurity experts recasting the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident as OpenAI negligence rather than models 'gone rogue.'
- NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster is quoted saying OpenAI 'stole' work, undercutting claims about the Astra math result.
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We are so excited about this resource created with @weandai.bsky.social and the Refugee Law Lab. Check it out and submit a resource you're excited about via airesistlist.org#join
The AI Resist List airesistlist.org
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- Karen Hao launched the AI Resist List on the one-year anniversary of her book Empire of AI as a publicly accessible, community-contributed database.
- The database organizes entries by 'Pillars of Support' sustaining AI empires, a framework adapted from Choose Democracy's authoritarianism resistance model.
- Entries span labor actions, legal challenges, and grassroots campaigns across gig work, healthcare, education, and law enforcement sectors.
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The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates. www.wired.com/story/a-cour...
A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews wired.com
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AI doomerism isn't sound science, it's a parlor game. Great to see reporting that pushes back and quotes experts like @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social. Coxon and Anthropic "did not respond to a request for comment." 👀 👀 👀 @thebulletin.org thebulletin.org…
How the bad science of AI doomerism is good for big business thebulletin.org
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app latests Surveillance Watch @dairinstitute.bsky.social dair-institute.org/projects/sur... No AI ‘Existential Threat’ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... ***REAL**** impacts of "AI" on the most vulnerable populations, refugees us02web.zoom.u…
There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI Says Timnit Gebru podcasts.apple.com
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@timnitgebru.blacksky.app gives a history lesson on AI "existential risk" talk and explains how we don't have to accept Big Tech's utopia or apocalyptic visions for the future: www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
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New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: @emilymbender.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social on what we're talking about when we talk about "ethical" "AI", and how to move away from the untenable middle ground and towards firm "AI" resistance. ⬇️ buttondown.co…
Six Problems With Talking About the “Ethical” or “Responsible” Use of “AI” buttondown.com
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“‘AI’ might not be good for xyz, but you can’t deny that it’s helpful for programming” -- sound familiar? In the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social challenge the bullshit. www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Beware the 20x Engineer, 2026.05.11 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 buzzsprout.com
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