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Prof. Emily M. Bender starts a thread with a good zing (dair-community.social)
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With the OpenAI clownshow, there's been renewed media attention on the xrisk/"AI safety"/doomer nonsense. Personally, I've had a fresh wave of reporters asking me naive questions (as well as some contacts from old hands who are on top of how to handle ultra-rich man-children with god complexes).

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“this person” go look up what Emily does in your time not posting here

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh my poor half-asleep brain making me shitheadedly assume a woman can’t possibly have done pioneering work in a field she specializes in

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Opening with “her entire rant” was already telling, and then a pageful of idiocy based on 4 points (at least two of which are so Not Even Wrong I didn’t even have words)