I talk with computational linguist Emily M. Bender, co-author of the influential 2021 “stochastic parrots” paper, about why AI industry leaders can’t stop seething over the term.

No one believed Tchiya Amet when she said Tyson had raped her in the 1980s. Now, three other women tell BuzzFeed News that he harassed them, including one who’s sharing her story publicly for the firs...

The information void doesn’t care what’s true

By Emily This post started off as a thread I wrote and posted across social media on Sunday evening. I'm reproducing the thread (lightly edited) first and...

Explicit support for white nationalism is uncommon overall, but higher among young white men, disadvantaged and politically disaffected white people, conservatives, Republicans, and those with primari...

Fears of existential risk of AI overblown, they say.

Techno-doom narratives were one reason we missed the first 9/11. Now “very serious people” are making the same mistake with AI.

Daniel Blumstein recently sat in a Colorado meadow waiting for yellow-bellied marmots to appear, as the ecologist and evolutionary biologist had done many times before, the New York Times reported. Bu...

The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement

On Sunday morning, ICE detained Juan Francisco Monroy Turuy after he had called HPD to report a shooting at a Houston Home Depot location. That someone who called to report a crime could be immediately detained is yet another disgusting example of what happens when ICE is given free rein to roam our streets. This dangerous concoction of rabid ICE agents, local police, and Flock cameras only undermines public safety.Houston organizations and community members gathered at the Home Depot yesterday to demand answers: How was ICE alerted to the scene? What role did the Flock cameras in Home Depot’s parking lot play in Juan being detained? In what other ways are Home Depot and HPD assisting ICE?Despite ICE ramping up their campaign of terror, the people will not stop fighting back until every last ICE agent is off our streets, every Flock camera taken down, and every person regardless of status can live in peace.If you're interested in fighting back against Flock, join us along with @txcivilrights and @standup.htx for a film screening and discussion on Friday Aug 21 at 6pm at the Houston Liberation Center (2903 Telephone Rd).🎥 Deflock Houston: Film Screening & Discussion🗓️ Friday, Aug 21⏰ 6PM📍Houston Liberation Center (2903 Telephone Rd)View all comments

Is Kansas just the beginning?

I’m just sitting here doing some cognitive offloading and having AI tell me what I think. No, like, really. Here’s what happened… I woke up at a little before 4am today with a brainstorm for a piece...

“Truth API is the premier platform for breaking news, market insights, and PSAs (Paywalled Safety Announcements) from the executive branch.”

There was an event recently at UCL about “future-proofing anthropology.” With the discipline embroiled in every conceivable crisis, and job…

The resulting report is a near-random mixture of grievances and real problems.