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@emilymbender

Prof, Linguistics, UW // Faculty Director, CLMS // she/her // @[email protected] & bsky // rep by @ianbonaparte

faculty.washington.edu/ebender

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Jun 20, 2023
Mystery AI Hype Theater is now available in podcast form! buzzsprout.com/2126417 @alexhanna and I started this project as a one-off, trying out a new way of responding to and deflating AI hype... and then surprised ourselves by turning it into a series.
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this podcast, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna break down the AI hype, separate fact from fiction, and science from bloviation....
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Nov 4, 2024
As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access. A thread, with links: >>
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Jul 3, 2022
Not it effing can't. This headline is breathtakingly irresponsible. h/t @hypervisible
Algorithm Claims to Predict Crime in US Cities Before It Happens
From bloomberg.com
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@emilymbender
Nov 24, 2023
With the OpenAI clownshow, there's been renewed media attention on the xrisk/"AI safety" nonsense. Personally, I've had a fresh wave of reporters asking me naive questions (+ some contacts from old hands who know how to handle ultra-rich man-children with god complexes). 🧵1/
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Jun 13, 2022
For those playing along at home, here's a "AI is sentient!" argument bingo card.
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@emilymbender
Dec 22, 2020
I'm happy to announce that our paper (with @timnitgebru & others) "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜" has been accepted to #FAccT2021 >>
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Nov 24, 2023
Replying to @emilymbender
As a quick reminder: AI doomerism is also #AIhype. The idea that synthetic text extruding machines are harbingers of AGI that is on the verge of combusting into consciousness and then turning on humanity is unscientific nonsense. 2/
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Mar 29, 2023
Okay, so that AI letter signed by lots of AI researchers calling for a "Pause [on] Giant AI Experiments"? It's just dripping with #Aihype. Here's a quick rundown. >>
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Apr 18, 2022
I refuse to be delegated to the "skeptics box" in someone else's framing of a debate. Here is my response to @stevenbjohnson 's NYT Magazine article about LLMs and OpenAI. On NYT Magazine on AI: Resist the Urge to be Impressed
On NYT Magazine on AI: Resist the Urge to be Impressed
From link.medium.com
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May 31, 2023
If we ask "can AI do that?" we're asking the wrong question. A better question is: "Is this an appropriate use of automation?" Here the answer was obviously no, and that was clear ahead of time:
Eating Disorder Helpline Disables Chatbot for 'Harmful' Responses After Firing Human Staff
From vice.com
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Jul 28, 2024
Just saw some reporting that OpenAI is releasing a demo/prototype of something called SearchGPT. So re-upping this thread: Chatbots are not a good replacement for search engines.
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Dec 24, 2022
Chatbots are not a good replacement for search engines iai.tv/articles/all-k…
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Dec 27, 2022
There's a certain kind of techbro who thinks it's a knock-down argument to say "Well, you haven't built anything". As if the only people whose expertise counts are those close to the machine. I'm reminded (again) of @timnitGebru 's wise comments on "the hierarchy of knowledge".>>
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Nov 19, 2021
"AI" can NOT: * Predict who will commit a crime "AI" can: * Make biased policing look "objective"
Revealed: the software that studies your Facebook friends to predict who may commit a crime
From theguardian.com
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@emilymbender
Jan 23, 2021
Camera ready complete & available! On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜 bit.ly/365lZOW To appear in #FAccT2021 w/@timnitGebru @mcmillan_majora and Shmargaret Shmitchell cc: @mmitchell_ai