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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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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…

How Amazon Is Laying Off Some Workers While Spying on Others

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/how-amazon-is-laying-off-some-workers/

Published: October 30, 2025 17:23

As the company lays off thousands workers, a new DAIR report reveals how Amazon surveills and punishes its delivery drivers By Decca Muldowney and Alex Hanna It was revealed this week that Amazon is planning to lay off anywhere between 14,000 to 30,000…

Reflecting on "AI" in the Himalayan foothills

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/reflecting-on-ai-in-the-himalayan-foothills/

Published: October 22, 2025 13:00

By Emily The Himalayan foothills, as seen from the kora walk around the Dalai Lama’s temple complex Last week, I had the immense good fortune to participate in the 39th Mind and Life Dialogue, hosted at the Dalai Lama Library and Archives in Dharamsala,…

Sora 2 Serves up More Slop

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/sora-2-serves-up-more-slop/

Published: October 10, 2025 15:54

By Decca Muldowney and Alex Hanna Are you bored of TikTok? Looking for something new? Well, OpenAI’s new Sora 2 video app is offering just that. Except instead of your friend’s funny video of their cute pet, you can watch AI slop offerings like Tupac…

If Your Favorite Company Jumped for AI, Would You Jump Too?

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/if-your-favorite-company-jumped-for-ai-would-you/

Published: September 26, 2025 13:11

by Alex Hanna and Decca Muldowney In an analysis* of corporate filings and executive transcripts at S&P 500 Companies, the Financial Times discovered what many of us had already guessed: companies are pursuing “AI” because everyone else is doing it, not…