Absolutely horrified at this planned study from my own institution: www.404media.co/researchers-... >>
Who's Who of AI
Emily M. Bender
Professor of linguistics at the University of Washington
Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
What they're sharing
Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI 404media.co
Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch techcrunch.com
Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains 404media.co
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You can no longer Google the word 'disregard' | TechCrunch techcrunch.com
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The AI Resist List airesistlist.org
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Waiting for AGI | AI & SOCIETY | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com
seattletimes.com
pikeplacemarket.org
buzzsprout.com
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Articles & links
Wow some terrible reporting about Google's latest horrible ideas about how to distort information access in the name of "convenience" (or something): techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/g... A short thread 🧵>>
Emily M. Bender reposted
"Predictably, the huge spike in productivity that these companies claim their own AI products have enabled hasn’t resulted in more or better products, shorter work weeks, or better consumer experiences." www.404media.co/software-dev...
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“I have been a tech journalist for nearly 15 years, and before today, I cannot think of a single time when a Bing search result was more valuable than the Google equivalent. There really is a first time for everything!” Thanks, AI! techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/y...
Emily M. Bender reposted
A new project educators can use to teach the many ways AI resistance takes shape: "Now people around the world are mobilizing to resist the empires of AI and to nourish visions of the future that work for all of us. Amid an onslaught of negative news, this project centers hope."
This is beautiful on so many levels. It names clearly and directly one of the insidious tactics that tech uses to evade effective regulation. It exemplifies a way in which humanistic scholarship provides critically important insight. >> link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I appreciate this op-ed by my UW colleague Tomas Rocha in the Seattle Times today, calling out our state office of public education for its weak sauce "AI" policy. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/wa-s... >>
Seattle-area friends: See you Sunday? www.pikeplacemarket.org/events-calen...
We had SO MUCH FUN doing our live taping in Brooklyn, and now you all can listen in, too, to me and @alexhanna.bsky.social -- I mean Al Sloppy Wood doing ridicule as praxis together with a wonderful live audience. www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 77 Y’all won’t stop producing Fresh AI Hell, so @alexhanna.bsky.social and I had to try to make another pass at clearing it out! www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...