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Reaction converging Statements — AHM Markets & investment · 5 attributable reactions Reaction converging Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender Concern & critique · 6 attributable reactions
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Established AI field signal Analysis 8d ago
sex AI apocalypse essay

Sex, AI, and the Apocalypse - Ian Duncan

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Timnit Gebru Luke Stark Moa Johansson Frank Pasquale Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真)

“Shared this before (thank you @lizthegrey.com). Read up everyone because this is what's happening. www.iankduncan.com/personal/202....”

“Och orkar man inte läsa en hel bok så kan man läsa även här: www.iankduncan.com/personal/202...”

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Timnit Gebru: Shared this before (thank you @lizthegrey.com). Read up everyone because this is what's happening. www.iankduncan.com/personal/202....
Timnit Gebru: Your favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god. P…
Timnit Gebru: "In 2025 the book he co-wrote with MIRI’s executive director, Nate Soares, about why superhuman AI would kill us all, made the New York Times bestseller list." The New York Times, amplifying eugeni…
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Established AI field signal Analysis 5d ago
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essay how to talk AI

How to talk about

13 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

13 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru Hypervisible Luke Stark Eileen Clancy 🧿 Frank Pasquale Charles Logan Jeffrey Vagle +5

“For reasons mysterious to me, Will Stancil is continuing his crash out about language used to describe LLMs, moving on from raning about "stochastic parrots" to picking up on this piece that @nannainie.bsky.social and I published earlier this summer: button…”

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

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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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Established AI field signal Development 4d ago
AHM mathematicians issue AI statement

Statements — AHM

11 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

11 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
Abeba Birhane Ethan Mollick Timnit Gebru joao Olivia Guest J. Nathan Matias Scott McGrath Eileen Clancy 🧿 +3
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing markets & investment.
Reaction converging

Markets & investment

3 experts

Capital, companies and commercial impact.

“"Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding." www.ahmath.org/statem…”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“"OpenAI has indicated total disregard for the norms of scientific research — norms that guarantee that mathematics remains trustworthy, ethically researched, and in the public interest... We reject OpenAI's assertion that this release advances our subject" …”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“The human mathematicians are not happy with OpenAI. It’s a fascinating argument. Not about capabilities, but about the culture and norms of science. www.ahmath.org/statements”

2 experts discussed this · 8 posts
Abeba Birhane: "Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of scie…
joao: "Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of scie…
Olivia Guest: maybe some useful points on this terminological issue here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...
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Established Policy & governance Analysis 20d ago
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AI black box industry myth

The Black Box Myth: What the Industry Pretends Not to Know About AI | TechPolicy.Press

4 experts are actively discussing the implications.

5 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Timnit Gebru Joanna Bryson Eryk Salvaggio Luke Stark Frank Pasquale

“"No one understands" You say a whole bunch of things like they are facts. Which they are not. Just because you don't understand doesn't mean "no one understands." www.techpolicy.press/the-black-bo...”

“Anthropic’s response and influence on the encyclical is most evident in the claim that “even its creators don’t understand how it works.” In June, I wrote about what that actually means & why Anthropic says it. (Written while I was in Rome, FWIW). www.techp…”

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Timnit Gebru: Lolll I've been doing this shit forever and saying the same exact thing I'm saying right now more than a decade ago and am "being pushed by contrarian media dynamics." 🙄 All of you are hypnotized b…
Timnit Gebru: The absolute disrespect with which even those of you who say you "have respect" for me teat my decades long expertise, receipts body of work and discourse based on that never ceases to amaze me.
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真): "risk taking human existence" wtf is this person on about
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Established AI field signal Signal 20d ago

ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com

5 experts are actively discussing the implications.

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Timnit Gebru Abstract Tesseract

“Everyone needs to read this. Reality is worse than anything we can say about these people in a few words, media appearances, op-eds, or other conversations. Read the whole thing. ✴️ Reminder: These are @BernieSanders' main advisers on "AI" policy. https://t…”

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Timnit Gebru: Everyone needs to read this. Reality is, in fact, stranger than fiction. Reality is worse than anything we can say about these people in a few words, media appearances, op-eds, or other conversatio…
Abstract Tesseract: Everyone needs to read this. Reality is, in fact, stranger than fiction. Reality is worse than anything we can say about these people in a few words, media appearances, op-eds, or other conversatio…
Timnit Gebru: 🔇 🔇 🔇 Reminder: These are the people advising Bernie Sanders on "AI" policy.
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Established AI field signal Analysis 17d ago
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Gebru Bender AI war risk essay

Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

11 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

11 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru Eryk Salvaggio Luke Stark Tamara Kneese Martin Trapp Karen Gregory The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute +3
How the network is reacting 4 experts are independently emphasizing concern & critique.
Reaction converging

Concern & critique

4 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to hum…”

Policy & governance

2 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.…”

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Emily M. Bender: New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that s…
Luke Stark: New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that s…
Emily M. Bender: Yes we mention this in the article.
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Developing Policy & governance Development 2d ago
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People's AI Assembly live event

LIVE: The People's AI Assembly

5 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

5 experts 4 communities 2 sources clustered
Timnit Gebru Anil Dash AI Now Institute Meredith Martin Veni Kunche

“Watching this @ainowinstitute.bsky.social @moreperfectunion.bsky.social event at www.youtube.com/live/ttrrVou.... Now Mamdani and one of my favorite comedians, @ilanaglazer.com”

“LIVE: The People’s AI Assembly! Tune in as we kick off with a convo with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and comedian Ilana Glazer. Followed by discussions with labor leaders, organizers, artists, journalists, and a performance by KOTA the Friend! www.yo…”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Timnit Gebru: I know they're at capacity for in person but you can still register to join this event online. Some of the "more to be announced" speakers are the people's mayor, Zohran Mamdani. actionnetwork.org/…
Veni Kunche: I know they're at capacity for in person but you can still register to join this event online. Some of the "more to be announced" speakers are the people's mayor, Zohran Mamdani. actionnetwork.org/…
Veni Kunche: Thanks for sharing! I didn't realize there was a livestream option.
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Established AI business Analysis 13d ago
AI doomerism bad science business critique

How the bad science of AI doomerism is good for big business

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

8 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru Eryk Salvaggio Luke Stark AI Now Institute Tiffany C. Li The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo

“One of the handful of articles telling it like it is instead of misinforming the public. By @saragoud.bsky.social for @thebulletin.org Yes. Its bad science based on numbers out of various behinds, but that's not how most of the rest of the media is discussi…”

“AI companies are calling for regulation in ways that let them set the rules, not independent parties who can hold them to account. “If you read between the lines, everything [Amodei] advocates [for] is something that would help companies like Anthropic,” sa…”

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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute: 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 "d…
Emily M. Bender: 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 "d…
Teresa Heffernan: Published a paper that traces the fictional roots of irrational claims that superintelligent machines pose an existential risk: "Orga is not Mecha: How Literal Readings of Fiction are Damaging the …
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