Emily M. Bender
@emilymbender.bsky.social
Being one of two is so much better than being the only one.
I'm sorry they didn't respect your conditions.
I'm sorry they didn't respect your conditions.
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Being one of two is so much better than being the only one.
I'm sorry they didn't respect your conditions.
I'm sorry they didn't respect your conditions.
Yeah, I've turned down some requests where it felt like I would have been the odd one ought, where my perspective was left out of the frame of the workshop announcement, etc.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yeah, I've turned down some requests where it felt like I would have been the odd one ought, where my perspective was left out of the frame of the workshop announcement, etc.
We are certainly facing a lot of systemic problems which should not be individualized, but at the same time, I believe that academics hold a certain amount of power, and it is worth being thoughtful about how we use that power, including the framing of our work.
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We are certainly facing a lot of systemic problems which should not be individualized, but at the same time, I believe that academics hold a certain amount of power, and it is worth being thoughtful about how we use that power, including the framing of our work.
Or is it simply a question of following the fashion for how these things are talked about? In that case, how does that sit with your own values?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Or is it simply a question of following the fashion for how these things are talked about? In that case, how does that sit with your own values?
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If so, why? Are you under pressure to do so? Where does that pressure come from? What would happen if you resist?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If so, why? Are you under pressure to do so? Where does that pressure come from? What would happen if you resist?
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When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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If you have been framing your work as involving/in relation to "AI", what do you mean by "AI"? How would you describe your work without using that phrase?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you have been framing your work as involving/in relation to "AI", what do you mean by "AI"? How would you describe your work without using that phrase?
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The abstract seemed like a job talk (though not announced as such), so assuming the presenter is a junior scholar, I'm not going to put them on blast.
Instead, I wanted to put out some broader questions for reflection:
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Instead, I wanted to put out some broader questions for reflection:
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November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The abstract seemed like a job talk (though not announced as such), so assuming the presenter is a junior scholar, I'm not going to put them on blast.
Instead, I wanted to put out some broader questions for reflection:
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Instead, I wanted to put out some broader questions for reflection:
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The kids are alright!
I think the other thing you can do is to encourage the kids to find allies --- other students with similar concerns, and other teachers, too.
I think the other thing you can do is to encourage the kids to find allies --- other students with similar concerns, and other teachers, too.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The kids are alright!
I think the other thing you can do is to encourage the kids to find allies --- other students with similar concerns, and other teachers, too.
I think the other thing you can do is to encourage the kids to find allies --- other students with similar concerns, and other teachers, too.
Reposted by Emily M. Bender
The #ExecutiveFunctionTheft of having to opt out.
Feeling annoyed at the cognitive cost of having to dismiss all the offers of "AI" assitance every time I use Acrobat to provide feedback on documents my students wrote. (NO I do NOT want an "AI" summary of this. In what world???)
Decided to check settings:
Decided to check settings:
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The #ExecutiveFunctionTheft of having to opt out.
This is what it looked like after I unchecked some shit. The previous settings had the overarching one unchecked, but the other three turned on. Now they are all off and it is thankfully quieter.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is what it looked like after I unchecked some shit. The previous settings had the overarching one unchecked, but the other three turned on. Now they are all off and it is thankfully quieter.
Thanks! I hesitated at "early morning" because this time of year around here it's actually fairly late in the morning before we get any light ... but I still felt like "early morning" was a better description of the light.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thanks! I hesitated at "early morning" because this time of year around here it's actually fairly late in the morning before we get any light ... but I still felt like "early morning" was a better description of the light.
This looks amazing, Andy!
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This looks amazing, Andy!
This NeurIPS workshop claims that LLMs "provide an important foundation for exploring human cognition, emotion, and social interaction"
This is flawed logic, as @lmesseri.bsky.social and I argue here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This is flawed logic, as @lmesseri.bsky.social and I argue here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM