Notices by Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (emilymbender@dair-community.social), page 7

This will be my first time participating in a debate-style event --- or at least one explicitly billed as such (looking at you, NAACL 2022 panel). Should be interesting.

Tickets are free and both in person and virtual are available.

https://computerhistory.org/events/great-chatbot-debate/

Impatient for THE AI CON to come out? So are we!

If you want to be sure to have a copy at the first possible moment, pre-order from your favorite bookseller.

https://thecon.ai/

w/ @alex

I'm frequently struck by the phrase "unintentional bias" which comes up frequently in work on LLMs. Whose intentions are in question? Why do we have to absolve those people all the time?

How about a little good news in this *gestures around*... you can now get ebooks via bookshop.org, including THE AI CON! (Available May 13, but you can pre-order now.)

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-ai-con-how-to-fight-big-tech-s-hype-and-create-the-future-we-want-alex-hanna/22044744?ean=9780063418554&digital=t

w/ @alex

DeepSeek hot take: The emperor still has no clothes, but it's very distressing to the emperor that their non-clothes can be made so much more cheaply.

Tomorrow!

For the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, @alex and I will be joined by Dr. @tamigraph to point our ridicule as praxis at tech bros’ unhinged ideas about energy and the environment

Join us here:

Monday, Jan 27, noon Pacific
https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

New Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode!

@alex and I start the year by tearing down yet another round of “AGI” hype:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/16481095-sam-altman-s-fever-dream-2025-01-13

Thx to Christie Taylor for production!

Also available as video on PeerTube:

https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/xg73MqYXFiXxNW9hafL1sW

Join us today!

“Mainlining AI straight into their veins,” they say?

Gina Neff will join @alex & me on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 to take apart the UK government's latest AI fiasco:

Monday, Jan 20, noon Pacific
https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

Tomorrow!

“Mainlining AI straight into their veins,” they say?

Gina Neff will join @alex & me on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 to take apart the UK government's latest AI fiasco:

Monday, Jan 20, noon Pacific
https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

Today!

It's 2025 and the techbros are still out there with their AGI fantasies.

So Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 will also still be here taking it all apart with ridicule as praxis.

@alex & I will kick off the new year by aiming that praxis at ARC, o3 and all things OpenAI:

Monday, Jan 13, noon Pacific
https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

Tomorrow!

It's 2025 and the techbros are still out there with their AGI fantasies.

So Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 will also still be here taking it all apart with ridicule as praxis.

@alex & I will kick off the new year by aiming that praxis at ARC, o3 and all things OpenAI:

Monday, Jan 13, noon Pacific
https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

Shout out to Lina Khan's FTC and the amazing work they have been doing, summarized in this post. This what a functioning regulatory body looks like & what we should continue to hold as expectations even in the face of pressure to normalize anything less.

https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2025/01/ai-risk-consumer-harm

If any Fresh AI Hell lands in your yard, you can send it our way for shoveling here:
https://thecon.ai/submit-fresh-ai-hell/

w/@alex

In Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 47, @alex and I attempt to clear the backlog of Fresh AI Hell to create a clean slate for 2025:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/16353749-episode-47-hell-is-other-people-s-ai-hype

Thx to Christie Taylor for production!

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 has had a great year! @alex, Christie Taylor and I have put out 24 episodes (so far---two more coming this month!). Here are the top 10, by downloads:

#10: Episode 31: Science Is a Human Endeavor, April 15 2024, with Molly Crockett and Lisa Messeri

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/15020029-episode-31-science-is-a-human-endeavor-feat-molly-crockett-and-lisa-messeri-april-15-2024

#9: Episode 35: AI Overviews and Google's AdTech Empire, June 10 2024, with @safiyanoble

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/15353671-episode-35-ai-overviews-and-google-s-adtech-empire-feat-safiya-noble-june-10-2024

#8: Episode 42: Stop Trying to Make 'AI Scientist' Happen, September 30 2024

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/15900785-episode-42-stop-trying-to-make-ai-scientist-happen-september-30-2024

#7: Episode 25: An LLM Says LLMs Can Do Your Job, January 22 2024

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/14416779-episode-25-an-llm-says-llms-can-do-your-job-january-22-2024

#6: Episode 33: Much Ado About 'AI' 'Deception', May 20 2024, with guest host @mmitchell_ai

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/15180482-episode-33-much-ado-about-ai-deception-may-20-2024