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Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this companion newsletter, linguist Prof. Emily M. Bender and sociologist Dr. Alex Hanna break down the AI hype, separate fact from fiction, and science from bloviation. They talk about everything "AI", from machine consciousness to science fiction, to political economy to art made by machines.

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Moltbook Is Pure “AI” Hype

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/moltbook-is-pure-ai-hype/

Published: February 12, 2026 13:00

Are “AI” agents really plotting our downfall? By: Decca Muldowney, Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender — Pavel (@spavel.bsky.social) February 01, 2026 A new website signals the “very early…

A tale of two "AI" documentaries

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/a-tale-of-two-ai-documentaries/

Published: January 31, 2026 16:31

By: Decca Muldowney and Emily M. Bender Emily was interviewed for two documentaries which premiered at Sundance this year: The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist (dir. Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell) and Ghost in the Machine (dir. Valerie Veatch). The…

ChatGPT Wants Your Health Data

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/chatgpt-wants-your-health-data/

Published: January 16, 2026 16:20

By Decca Muldowney and Alex Hanna Rens Dimmendaal & Banjong Raksaphakdee / https://betterimagesofai.org / The new year is already bringing us fresh “AI” horrors.  A mere week into 2026, OpenAI launched “ChatGPT Health” in the United States, asking users to…

Resistance Isn't Denialism

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/resistance-isnt-denialism/

Published: January 13, 2026 15:16

By Emily I've recently noticed a new tactic on the part of AI boosters to attempt to erase the work of people who are resisting the project of "AI" and calling out the harms done in its name. Or maybe the tactic isn't new, it's just become apparent to me…

Fresh AI Hell, Wrapped

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/fresh-ai-hell-wrapped/

Published: December 25, 2025 14:00

2025 Mystery AI Hype Theater, Wrapped By Alex Hanna, Decca Muldowney, and Emily M. Bender We’re looking back on 2025 by sharing the episodes, published this year, that recorded the most listens. If you missed any, check them out! If you’re up to date on…

Report Reveals the Devastating Cost of AI Intimacy

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/report-reveals-the-devastating-cost-of-ai-intimacy/

Published: December 12, 2025 14:00

By: Decca Muldowney and Emily M. Bender This week, the Data Workers’ Inquiry project released a powerful new report detailing the experiences of Michael Geoffrey Asia, a text chat operator from Nairobi, Kenya. In “The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy,”…

Bernie Sanders Falls for Mathy-Maths and Doomer Gloom

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/bernie-sanders-falls-for-mathy-maths/

Published: December 5, 2025 16:47

The Vermont Senator Keeps Platforming Boosterism Shelly Prevost from San Francisco, United States, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By: Decca Muldowney Bernie Sanders published an op-ed in The Guardian this…

OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/openai-tries-to-shift-responsibility-to-users/

Published: November 13, 2025 16:27

ChatGPT gave you bad medical advice? That’s on you By Decca Muldowney and Emily M. Bender Elise Racine / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Late last month, OpenAI quietly updated its “usage policies”, writing in a…

Fuck Waymo, Long Live KitKat

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/fuck-waymo-long-live-kitkat/

Published: November 7, 2025 14:08

A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. It’s part of a long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground at our expense. People have had enough. By Alex Hanna (This article was originally published at Bay Area Current.) A poster outside…