
Emily M Bender
Emily M Bender is a professor of linguistics at the University of Washington and a prominent critic of large language models, advocating for a deeper understanding of human connection and authenticity in the face of increasing reliance on AI-generated content.
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Emily M Bender co-authored The AI Con, critiquing claims about AI surpassing human capabilities.
Feeling overwhelmed by the AI doom loop? Here’s the essential reading list to make sense of it all | BooksThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-09-17
Emily M Bender is a computational linguistics professor who critiques current AI narratives.
‘This train isn’t going to stop’: shocking Sundance film shows promises and perils of AI | Sundance 2026The Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-01-28
Emily M Bender is a professor of linguistics who criticizes the use of large language models like ChatGPT.
‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home | Artificial intelligence (AI)The Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2025-06-03






























