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Emily M. Bender

Advocating for Protections for the Information Ecosystem

Today, I got to participate in a round table organized by Congressman Ro Khanna about how AI will impact the workforce, elections…

Feb 15

Globby brown oil floating in turquoise blue water. Image source: https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8732347/photo-image-public-domain-blue-pattern

Feb 15

Opening remarks on “AI in the Workplace: New Crisis or Longstanding Challenge”

On Thursday 9/28, I had the opportunity to speak at a virtual roundtable convened by Congressman Bobby Scott on “AI in the Workplace: New…

Oct 1, 2023

Drawing of a manequin behind a chess board. Below the chessboard is a cabinet with its doors and drawers open and some gears visible.

Oct 1, 2023

Scholarship should be open, inclusive and slow

This tweet of mine from a few days ago has been getting a lot of negative attention this week, I think because of some hostile QTs, and…

Sep 6, 2023

Photo of redwood trees and a lush forest understory. There is fog between the tree trunks.

Sep 6, 2023

Cleaning up a baby peacock sullied by a non-information spill

Last week, I wrote:

Aug 6, 2023

Screencap of Google image search results for the search “baby peacock”, containing a grid of 14 images, all apparently photographs, all of baby birds, some brown and some with the vivid colors associated with peacocks.

Aug 6, 2023

“Ensuring Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI”: What those seven companies avoided committing to

On July 21, 2023, in a photo op featuring only men in suits, President Biden announced that seven companies (Amazon, Anthropic, Google…

Jul 29, 2023

Photo of the White House from the North on a sunny day. There is a fountain surrounded by red flowers in the foreground.

Jul 29, 2023

Talking about a ‘schism’ is ahistorical

In two recent conversations with very thoughtful journalists, I was asked about the apparent ‘schism’ between those making a lot of noise…

Jul 5, 2023

Photo of the split apple rock off the coast of ateroa/New Zealand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_Apple_Rock The rock is large, round and grey and split in two. It is surrounded by blue water. The background has white clouds low but clear sky up above. There is a bird sittingon the right hand half of the rock.

Jul 5, 2023

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Mystery AI Hype Theater is now available in podcast form! https://buzzsprout.com/2126417

Jun 22, 2023

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Jun 22, 2023

Thought experiment in the National Library of Thailand

With the advent of ChatGPT, large language models (LLMs) went from a relatively niche topic to something that many, many people have been…

May 25, 2023

Thought experiment in the National Library of Thailand

May 25, 2023

Google CEO peddles #AIhype on CBS 60 minutes

Another tweet thread turned into a blog post, to keep it all in one place, reacting to this tweet/clip from CBS 60 Minutes (as flagged by…

Apr 18, 2023

Apr 18, 2023

Policy makers: Please don’t fall for the distractions of #AIhype

Below is a lightly edited version of the tweet/toot thread I put together in the evening of Tuesday March 28, in reaction to the open…

Mar 29, 2023

Photo of a white dog standing on its hind legs looking up eagerly at a tree.

Mar 29, 2023

Emily M. Bender

Emily M. Bender

Professor, Linguistics, University of Washington// Faculty Director, Professional MS Program in Computational Linguistics (CLMS) faculty.washington.edu/ebender

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