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New AI field signal Analysis 1h ago
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essay how to talk AI

How to talk about

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Emily M. Bender Hypervisible Luke Stark Eileen Clancy 🧿 Frank Pasquale Charles Logan Jeffrey Vagle B! 🐝 Cavello (they/them) +2

“A good rule of thumb: If the press release (or stenographic news reporting masquerading as journalism) says that an "AI" did something, that's deliberate obfuscation. Software doesn't do anything of its own accord, but folks sure like to talk about it as if…”

“Instead of railing against the latest “I asked Claude” article in a mainstream publication, I’ll just post this.”

2 experts discussed this · 16 posts
Emily M. Bender: So many conversations where otherwise serious people throw around the term "AI" without defining it, despite it being notoriously ill-defined. Thinking about why this might be >>
Emily M. Bender: In some cases, no doubt, the speaker fully believes that autonomous thinking machines are among us. (Though I said "otherwise serious people" in the prev post, so.) >>
Emily M. Bender: In other cases, I suspect that people feel like they lack the expertise to call bullshit and are repeating what they hear others say. >>
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Primary source buttondown.com ↗
New Safety & security Signal 3h ago

665m crypto war chest roils ai safety fight

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Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru

“Guys, this is Bernie Sanders' guy for all things AI. Max Tegmark of the Future of Life Institute, funded to the tune of $665m by crypto billionaires, that's of course, after all the Muskrat + friends' money. Their "seed funding" was from Musk. 🧵 www.politic…”

Primary source politico.com ↗
Developing Culture, work & education Signal 1d ago

The real ai jobs apocalypse

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Emily M. Bender Alex Hanna Baldur Bjarnason

“Chatted with @bcmerchant.bsky.social about what "AI" is doing to workers, the loss of dignity on the job, and the work we're doing at @dairinstitute.bsky.social's Luddite Lab. Despite the grim outlook, chatting with Brian is always a delight. www.bloodinthe…”

““The real AI jobs apocalypse - by Brian Merchant” https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-real-ai-jobs-apocalypse > But instead of replacing tens of millions of workers, it’s mostly making them miserable.”

Primary source bloodinthemachine.com ↗
Developing AI field signal Analysis 2d ago
Mystery AI Hype Theater podcast

Working 9 to Hype, 2026.08.10 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

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Emily M. Bender Alex Hanna The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute Charles Logan

“Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Ep 84, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I explore the gulf between what the tech companies say the impact of "AI" on labor is and what they are actually doing with their mathy maths: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...”

“Full episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...”

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Alex Hanna: “AI assisted” autism screening?? 🤦🏽 From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Working 9 to Hype”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
Alex Hanna: Full episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Emily M. Bender: “AI assisted” autism screening?? 🤦🏽 From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Working 9 to Hype”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
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