AI sceptic Emily Bender: ‘The emperor has no clothes’ By George Hammond June 20th 2025 Before Emily Bender and I have looked at a menu, she has dismissed artificial intelligence chatbots as “plagiarism machines” and “synthetic text extruders” Soon after the food arrives, the professor of linguistics adds that the vaunted large language models (LLMs) that underpin them are “born shitty” Since OpenAI launched […]
AI skeptic Emily Bender warns that ‘the emperor has no . . . Critique highlights AI hype as autocomplete illusion Computational linguistics expert Emily Bender has criticized the current wave of AI enthusiasm as “the emperor has no clothes,” describing flagship technologies such as ChatGPT as merely glorified autocomplete systems and cautioning that their marketing obscures opaque data practices, energy waste, and ethical risks
THE AI CON - How to Fight Big Techs Hype and Create the . . . In The AI Con, Bender and Hanna offer a sharp, witty, and wide-ranging take-down of AI hype across its many forms Bender and Hanna show you how to spot AI hype, how to deconstruct it, and how to expose the power grabs it aims to hide Armed with these tools, you will be prepared to push back against AI hype at work, as a consumer in the
An interview with computational linguist Emily Bender, who . . . An interview with computational linguist Emily Bender, who coined the term “stochastic parrot”, on her AI skepticism, co-writing the book The AI Con, and more — The computational linguist on her motivations for taking on Big Tech, the dangers of chatbots — and why AI is just a ‘glorified Magic 8 Ball’
Beyond the Hype: The Sinister Underbelly of AI Promises Society has options when it comes to pushing back against AI hype, so there is still hope that we can collectively resist and prevent tech companies from mortgaging humanity’s future Below, co-authors Emily Bender and Alex Hanna share five key insights from their new book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want
The AI Con: Unmasking Big Techs AI Hype - Insights from . . . In their book, 'The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want', Emily M Bender and Alex Hanna argue that AI, as marketed by Big Tech, is a misleading concept Labeling technologies like ChatGPT as just advanced autocomplete tools, they expose the truth of data theft and vast energy use behind a shiny facade Exploring AI's linkage to eugenics and labor exploitation