Hey, don't forget co-writer Shmargaret Shmitchell! (Whenever I tell my students about this paper, I point to with @mmitchell.bsky.social to show how great brains can have great senses of humor, but also to set the baseline for the power Google wielded (poorly) in firing @timnitgebru.blacksky.app)

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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and I am not the one making the extraordinary claim, so it is not my job to specify what the evidence should be. >>

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Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comments on this: >>

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If you are at #COLM2026, be sure to check out our workshop on responsibly enabling data for foundation models -- starting at 8:45 AM in Union Square 17&18 / Fourth Floor. Featuring posters and contributed talks, as well as amazing plenary speakers 😲😲😲

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A simple idea for regulating data center mania: "No large data center...should receive the permits or grid connection it needs unless its developer brings enough new carbon-free generation, energy storage and transmission online to meet its additional electricity demand—and pays the full cost."

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