The AI Con

Emily Bender (Author) Dr. Emily M. Bender is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington where she is also the Faculty Director of the Computational Linguistics Master of Science program and affiliate faculty in the School of Computer Science and Engineering and the Information School. She is a leading voice in criticizing AI hype, and author of the touchstone ‘Stochastic Parrots’ paper that debunks the myth that large language models are or could ever be intelligent, which has been cited over 2500 times and is taught in AI curricula around the world. She has made over 150 media appearances across the top international news outlets and in 2023 was included in the inaugural TIME100 AI list of most influential people in AI. @emilymbender Alex Hanna (Author) Dr. Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and a Lecturer in the School of Information at the University of California Berkeley. Formerly a senior research scientist on Google’s Ethical AI team, her resignation letter from Google has over 77,000 views. She is an outspoken critic of the tech industry, a proponent of community-based uses of technology, and a highly sought-after speaker and expert. She has been included as part of FastCompany’s ‘Queer 50’ and Go Magazine’s ‘Women We Love’ lists. @alexhanna