Emily M. Bender

emilymbender.bsky.social

13 September 2026 21:41

Between the PRs of (largely likely stolen) math breakthroughs, claims of "rogue AI" (actually cybercrimes by companies, but whatevs), and doomerist "whistleblowers", it feels like we've been subjected to a gish gallop of hype recently. >>

Emily M. Bender

emilymbender.bsky.social

13 September 2026 21:03

When I say I've been working on this debunking for *years* that includes academic publications. Here's a quick thread:

Emily M. Bender

emilymbender.bsky.social

13 September 2026 21:02

Straight talk time: Doomerism is BORING. It's the same fantasties rehashed over and over again, just louder each time. And with each iteration it seems that new audiences are being reached, and a new group of people needs to be talked down from unnecessary fear. >>

Timnit Gebru

timnitgebru.blacksky.app

04 September 2026 04:56

BTW this was something I wrote to a press outlet in April during the Mythos hype. I'm realizing more & more the trap of constantly having to spend the time debunking this stuff. We spend time on that instead of implementing our visions, while they implement their dystopian tech futures.🧵

Emily M. Bender

emilymbender.bsky.social

29 August 2026 16:50

Really tried of the genre of bsky discourse that goes: "Here is an incredibly pointless thing I use LLMs for, now please bsky be normal about it." >>