Absolutely horrified at this planned study from my own institution: www.404media.co/researchers-... >>
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Emily M. Bender
Professor of linguistics at the University of Washington
Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
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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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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious theatlantic.com
Ghost in the Machine review – entertaining AI polemic dives into its dark history in race politics and eugenics theguardian.com
Waiting for AGI | AI & SOCIETY | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com
Stochastic Flocks and the Critical Problem of 'Useful' AI techpolicy.press
seattletimes.com
Bernie Goes Down the X-Risk Rabbithole (with Dr. Nathalie Maréchal), 2026.05.04 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 buzzsprout.com
Black Mirror Survey Study — Internet Rules Lab internetruleslab.com
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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 🧵>>
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"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...
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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."
"Even if the Microsoft Office team employed a philosopher who said you shouldn’t be so certain, because consciousness is not well understood, that would not be sufficient reason for you to take this idea seriously." www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
The Guardian reviews @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social : "The roots of AI in rightwing ideology is examined in Valerie Veatch’s enjoyable doc, including an array of colourful, often crazed, figures" -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
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...
Returning to this thread after a busy week, now that I've had time to read your "stochastic flocks" piece. Link here, just in case anyone else is following: www.techpolicy.press/stochastic-f... >>
I have been working on societal impacts of language technology since late 2016, and my nightmare example since pretty early on has been using automatic transcription in emergency services systems. And today I learn it's happening *in my own city* www.seattletimes.com/seattle-n…
That’s not the effective analogy the doomers seem to think it is… @nathaliemarechal.net joins me and @alexhanna.bsky.social to observe and contextualize Sen Sanders’ descent into AI Doomerism: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
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Ever seen a news story about AI and thought “this could be an episode of Black Mirror”? We're running a research study where we ask people to imagine generative AI futures and pitch their own science fiction story. More detail at the link and please share! www.internetruleslab…
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So Anthropic decided that "let's pause now" was tired and is instead talking about *planning* for a "pause" in the future in case of (lol) self-improving "AI". ... and NPR at least is platforming this nonsense credulously. >>
Don't illustrate posts about The AI Con or any of my work with slop (aka synthetic images) challenge: Level impossible, it seems alas. w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social
Should I listen to an hour of Hinton unhinged ("AI is already conscious") or nah?
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