Big AI CON news from @Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) and me today! First, we're doing a GoodReads giveaway! Enter and you could be one of 25 people to get a free book!

Book giveaway for The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want – Exposing Surveillance Capitalism and Artificial Intelligence Myths in Information Technology Today by Emily M. Bender Apr 03-Apr 20, 2025

25 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Apr 03-Apr 20, 2025. A smart, incisive look at the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the ...

The State Department has said they have revoked visas of more than 300 students. They have been terrorizing hundreds and aim to terrorize hundreds, if not thousands more. Faculty on here: how are you protecting your international students? Are you connecting with local immigration defense groups? How are you protecting them from being snatched off the street? https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/trump-palestinian-hamas-purge-colleges-protests

More praise for THE AI CON: "A powerful and timely deep dive into what the AI hype cycle is REALLY about, why it’s bound to crash, and what we can all do to protect ourselves from it. An absolute must-read!" - Karla Ortiz Out on May 13, but you can preorder now!

THE AI CON

THE AI CON

How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

'a key benefit for the army will be the tool’s ability to rapidly process large quantities of surveillance material in order to “answer questions” about specific individuals...' '“AI amplifies power,” an intelligence source who has closely followed the [IOF] development of language models.. “It allows operations [utilizing] the data of far more people, enabling population control."' Why do we need surveillance studies when Unit 8200 just tweets it out? https://www.972mag.com/israeli-intelligence-chatgpt-8200-surveillance-ai/

Kirkus calls THE AI CON "a refreshingly contrarian take on AI and the clouds of hyperbole surrounding it."

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The bots probably aren’t going to kill you, but they’re probably not going to save you, either.

@Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)

Starting a podcast called Too Many Tech Bros, which has the same premise of Sooo Many White Guys, but we talk about tech and AI

Pre-order alert, cover, and website reveal for our book, THE AI CON! (with @Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)) It's out for release on May 13, 2025!

THE AI CON

THE AI CON

How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

New open-access paper by Ellen Berrey, Nathan Kim, Kristen Bass, and me over at Socius -- We analyzed over 16,000 news articles using a machine-assisted system, yielding a dataset of 5,553 higher ed protest events, and university and police responses. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231241297447

When Elon bought Twitter, we saw an immense migration from that platform to here. When Trump got elected, I've seen nothing but increases to BlueSky. The Fediverse really missed a window.

AI and Fascism go hand-in-hand. New newsletter post.

The AI/Fascism Nexus

The AI/Fascism Nexus By Alex Oops, we did it again. I can't say that I'm terribly surprised, as Harris ran a center right campaign and tossed a mig...