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Shocking! People can't just be automated. We speak with ...

2026-10-24T00:55:49Z

Shocking! People can't just be automated. We speak with Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan, co-authors of Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry. This snippet is from Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “My Tech Workers Have Unionized”!

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

So this is horrific. The DoJ is offering funding to "support ...

2026-10-23T08:31:41Z

So this is horrific. The DoJ is offering funding to "support foundational research on gender dysphoria, its treatment, and the perpetration of violence and violent behavior."

They are trying to gin up data to label trans people as terrorists.

https://www.ojp.gov/funding/docs/nij-2026-172802.pdf

We hit a huge milestone! 🎉 Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 has ...

2026-10-20T19:47:17Z

We hit a huge milestone! 🎉 Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 has reached half a million downloads, thanks to many of you. We’re out here popping all the hype 🎈📌 and having a lot of fun doing it!! We started as an accidental podcast in May 2022. Now, 500,000 downloads and a lot of Fresh Hell later, we're still at it. Here's to the next 500,000!

(w/ Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Tomorrow! Join @npub1mmf…2mx9 as we launch a new resource on ...

2026-10-19T21:48:46Z

Tomorrow! Join DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) as we launch a new resource on student organizing. Our new website, “A Decade of Mass Campus Protests: An Archive of U.S. and Canadian Higher Ed Activism in the 2010s“, highlights protest, especially anti-racist protest, during the turbulent 2010s.

Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026, 9am PT / 12pm ET
Register for our panel discussion and site tour: bit.ly/decade-of-campus-protest

Tech boss masks are off, and workers aren’t having it. We speak ...

2026-10-16T20:29:34Z

Tech boss masks are off, and workers aren’t having it. We speak with Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan, co-authors of Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry. This clip is from Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “My Tech Workers Have Unionized”!

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Tech’s cash burn on AI is peak silly. We speak with Clarissa ...

2026-10-15T19:03:48Z

Tech’s cash burn on AI is peak silly. We speak with Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan, co-authors of Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry. This clip is from Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “My Tech Workers Have Unionized”!

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Join @npub1mmf…2mx9 as we launch a new resource on student ...

2026-10-06T19:44:10Z

Join DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) as we launch a new resource on student organizing. Our new website, “A Decade of Mass Campus Protests: An Archive of U.S. and Canadian Higher Ed Activism in the 2010s“, highlights protest, especially anti-racist protest, during the turbulent 2010s.

Oct 20, 2026, 9am PT / 12pm ET
Register for our panel discussion and site tour: bit.ly/decade-of-campus-protest

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2026-10-02T17:12:25Z

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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19884203-big-tech-colon-ai-lism-2026-09-15

“AI” won’t solve Indigenous peoples’ healthcare gaps. We ...

2026-10-02T17:12:03Z

“AI” won’t solve Indigenous peoples’ healthcare gaps. We speak with keoni (npub14uu…0279), CTO of Te Hiku Media, about his work on Indigenous data sovereignty, and why it’s worth being skeptical when the “AI" industry says it cares about preserving Indigenous languages. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Big Tech Colon-AI-lism”!

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Indigenous languages are often hidden to LLMs, for good reason. ...

2026-10-01T16:15:09Z

Indigenous languages are often hidden to LLMs, for good reason. We speak with keoni (npub14uu…0279), CTO of Te Hiku Media, about his work on Indigenous data sovereignty, and why it’s worth being skeptical when the “AI" industry says it cares about preserving Indigenous languages. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Big Tech Colon-AI-lism”!

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Wages were won through people power. We dispel 5 common myths in ...

2026-09-27T23:21:04Z

Wages were won through people power. We dispel 5 common myths in my new video, Myths Around AI and Productivity, based on the work we’ve been doing at DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) with The Luddite Lab. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BO0iy91lfU

“AI” IS impacting labor, but not in the ways you think. In ...

2026-09-23T17:53:24Z

“AI” IS impacting labor, but not in the ways you think. In some cases, people generating “workslop” are making their colleagues’ jobs more difficult.

This is a snippet of my video Myths of AI and Productivity, based on work we’re doing at DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) with The Luddite Lab. We dispel 5 common myths around AI and labor by looking at what studies actually say about AI’s impact on labor.

Full video: https://youtu.be/3BO0iy91lfU

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2026-09-23T00:22:17Z

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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19817583-manifesting-the-end-of-tech-bro-manifestos-2026-09-08

Meta’s PR machine is working overtime. Tech CEOs are writing ...

2026-09-23T00:21:58Z

Meta’s PR machine is working overtime. Tech CEOs are writing “AI” memos left and right, and there’s plenty of hype to pop. We dissect Gates’ and Zuckerberg’s blogs about “superhuman AI” in Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Manifesting the End of Tech Bro Manifestos”!

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

I'm incredibly excited to announce that I've signed a ...

2026-09-21T17:55:06Z

I'm incredibly excited to announce that I've signed a contract with MIT Press (npub1tf4…0fj6) for a new book! It's tentatively entitled NET WORKS, and it's about ImageNet, a dataset of 14 million photos scraped from the web. If it wasn't for ImageNet, we likely wouldn't have "AI" as we currently know it.

I've been thinking about this book for at least five years now, and I'm very excited to finally write it. Thanks to the great folks at MIT Press for helping make it a reality.

Reminder: Bill Gates has only had 2 jobs. Tech CEOs are writing ...

2026-09-18T20:31:18Z

Reminder: Bill Gates has only had 2 jobs. Tech CEOs are writing “AI” memos left and right, and there’s plenty of hype to pop. Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I dissect Gates’ and Zuckerberg’s blogs about “superhuman AI” in Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Manifesting the End of Tech Bro Manifestos”!

Waymo workers have to clean WHAT? It’s come to light that Waymo ...

2026-09-17T21:18:00Z

Waymo workers have to clean WHAT? It’s come to light that Waymo uses even more human laborers than they want us to believe, and those workers deal with some pretty graphic stuff. Go check out the Bay Area Current article by Stephanie Reist.

https://bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot-of-cleaning-up-poop-a-depot-worker-on-the-human-labor-behind-waymos-autonomous-vehicles/

The reason for layoffs isn’t what you think. We dispel 5 common ...

2026-09-15T23:27:46Z

The reason for layoffs isn’t what you think. We dispel 5 common myths in my new video, Myths Around AI and Productivity. The second myth is that "AI" is the reason for recent layoffs, but a deeper look tells a different story. Companies are laying off people to invest in "AI", or are hoping that it'll pay off in the future. Full video: https://youtu.be/3BO0iy91lfU

🙅🏽No, AI is not helping worker productivity🙅🏽 We ...

2026-09-11T19:16:09Z

🙅🏽No, AI is not helping worker productivity🙅🏽 We dispel 5 common myths in my new video, Myths Around AI and Productivity. The first myth is that AI will improve productivity, which studies not only largely contradict, but sometimes suggest the opposite effect.

Full video: youtu.be/3BO0iy91lfU

My first long-form video is up: Myths Around AI and Productivity! ...

2026-09-10T23:23:09Z

My first long-form video is up: Myths Around AI and Productivity! Based on the work we’ve been doing at DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) with The Luddite Lab, we dispel 5 common myths around AI and labor by looking at what studies actually say about AI’s impact on labor. https://youtu.be/3BO0iy91lfU

Full episode: ...

2026-09-04T20:41:17Z

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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19738984-working-9-to-hype-2026-08-10

“AI assisted” autism screening?? 🤦🏽 From Mystery AI ...

2026-09-04T20:40:48Z

“AI assisted” autism screening?? 🤦🏽 From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Working 9 to Hype”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Meta’s “AI-fueled” layoff clusterf*ck… this and more on ...

2026-09-04T00:03:33Z

Meta’s “AI-fueled” layoff clusterf*ck… this and more on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Working 9 to Hype”!

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

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2026-08-24T01:56:08Z

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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19667703-rumors-of-a-singularity-have-been-grossly-exaggerated-2026-08-03

Well now they’re just saying anything. We dissect Altman’s ...

2026-08-24T01:55:57Z

Well now they’re just saying anything. We dissect Altman’s doublespeak on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Rumors of a Singularity Have Been Grossly Exaggerated”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

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2026-08-20T19:12:28Z

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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19667703-rumors-of-a-singularity-have-been-grossly-exaggerated-2026-08-03

Google sunsets their original AI darling… Just one part of ...

2026-08-20T19:12:15Z

Google sunsets their original AI darling… Just one part of Fresh AI Hell on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Rumors of a Singularity Have Been Grossly Exaggerated”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Big Tobacco did it first! We speak with scholar and filmmaker ...

2026-08-07T18:46:07Z

Big Tobacco did it first! We speak with scholar and filmmaker rom comrade (npub1v6l…9xxs) about the state of technology in schools, on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Who’s Responsible for ‘Responsible AI’”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Surveillance ≠ safety. We speak with scholar and filmmaker ...

2026-08-06T03:05:41Z

Surveillance ≠ safety. We speak with scholar and filmmaker rom comrade (npub1v6l…9xxs) about the state of technology in schools, on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Who’s Responsible for ‘Responsible AI’”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

AI has no place in 911 calls. From Mystery AI Hype Theater ...

2026-07-24T21:40:56Z

AI has no place in 911 calls. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “State of Emergency”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher education ...

2026-07-23T12:20:40Z

"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher education – including many small colleges and community colleges – are using Flock’s surveillance network. We also found that many campus police departments have facilitated immigration-related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so."

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10439463.2026.2702635

Today, The AI Con is being released in paperback in the UK! Now ...

2026-07-23T04:02:35Z

Today, The AI Con is being released in paperback in the UK! Now in cool blue!

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

"[M]odern workplace technologies—including productivity ...

2026-07-21T15:21:39Z

"[M]odern workplace technologies—including productivity monitoring software, biometric surveillance, AI-powered management tools, and predictive analytics—have transformed traditional anti-union pushback from management and third-party union avoidance consultants into “algorithmic unionbusting,” which is the use of digital surveillance and automated systems to identify, target, and suppress worker organizing."

https://epic.org/whos-got-the-power/

Full episode: ...

2026-07-13T20:30:18Z

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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19444934

What comes after the AI bubble? We dive deep on policy options ...

2026-07-13T20:30:07Z

What comes after the AI bubble? We dive deep on policy options with Matthew Scherer on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “When the Bubble Bursts”.

Can we compare the AI bubble to the 19th-century railroad bubble? ...

2026-07-09T00:25:13Z

Can we compare the AI bubble to the 19th-century railroad bubble? We dive deep on the AI bubble with Matthew Scherer on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “When the Bubble Bursts”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

A message for the class of 2026: We need more friction! ...

2026-07-02T18:32:26Z

A message for the class of 2026: We need more friction!

In Montreal for FAccT today? Come to The Anti War, Anti Carceral, ...

2026-06-27T13:50:08Z

In Montreal for FAccT today? Come to The Anti War, Anti Carceral, Anti Fascist Social. 12:15 PM at MONO on Sainte-Catherine.

The myth of the 20x engineer… From Mystery AI Hype Theater ...

2026-06-25T19:53:33Z

The myth of the 20x engineer… From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Beware the 20x Engineer”!

w/ Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms)

See you soon, Ottawa! I'll be at Octopus Books in ...

2026-06-19T21:50:34Z

See you soon, Ottawa! I'll be at Octopus Books in conversation with Kelly Bronson from the University of Ottawa to dismantle AI hype. RSVP here: https://octopusbooks.ca/events/5208420260625

Where data centers are really going… Thank you, Majority Report ...

2026-06-18T21:28:38Z

Where data centers are really going… Thank you, Majority Report and Emma Vigeland, for having me on! Check out the full video - these are just some of the incentives driving data center development to certain municipalities.

TORONTO: tomorrow at 7 PM! I'll be in conversation with Dr. ...

2026-06-17T12:34:49Z

TORONTO: tomorrow at 7 PM! I'll be in conversation with Dr. M. Murphy and discussing The AI Con at the Jackman Humanities Institute.

RSVP at https://aiconto.eventbrite.ca.

As usual, Tressie is spot on with her analysis of our political ...

2026-06-12T21:07:44Z

As usual, Tressie is spot on with her analysis of our political moment. Here, asking why Democrats aren't capitalizing on rage against data centers.

I was happy to chip in my own two cents on why Bernie is missing the mark.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/opinion/data-center-ai-democrats.html

If you missed it, you can watch a replay of the Luddite Lab ...

2026-06-03T16:26:11Z

If you missed it, you can watch a replay of the Luddite Lab Resource Hub launch at the DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) PeerTube channel.

We discuss the Hub and have an incredible conversation with organizers Anna Iovine, Benjamin Harnett, and Pomai Neil.

https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/4evWrVsa7igh622WT8E5X2

Leftists don’t hate technology, actually... ...

2026-05-29T13:40:38Z

Leftists don’t hate technology, actually...

Today, @npub1mmf…2mx9 is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource ...

2026-05-21T13:15:37Z

Today, DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work.

https://labor.dair-institute.org

THIS WEDNESDAY: join @npub1mmf…2mx9 as we launch the Luddite ...

2026-05-18T19:02:46Z

THIS WEDNESDAY: join DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) as we launch the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a resource for workers fighting AI at work. We provide strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of this tech through case studies, primers, and a resource library.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-the-luddite-lab-resource-hub-registration-1988317489134?aff=oddtdtcreator

@npub15xv…0jms and I are so excited to announce that THE AI CON ...

2026-05-07T16:29:26Z

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I are so excited to announce that THE AI CON has been selected as Book in Common for 2026-27 at Cal State Chico!

We're excited for thousands of folks to read and engage with our work. We'll be visiting campus on April 7, 2027 for a public event.

Join @npub1mmf…2mx9 and workers on the front line of resisting ...

2026-05-04T16:38:01Z

Join DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) and workers on the front line of resisting AI as we release the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a new resource for fighting AI at work.

9 AM PT / Noon ET / 4 PM GMT on Wednesday, May 20

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-the-luddite-lab-resource-hub-registration-1988317489134?aff=oddtdtcreator

New York!!! Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 is joining you LIVE ...

2026-04-30T12:24:57Z

New York!!! Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 is joining you LIVE TONIGHT! At Starr Bar in Brooklyn! I'm literally on the M right now! Come through!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mystery-ai-hype-theater-3000-live-tickets-1986920944030?aff=oddtdtcreator

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms)

Shy Girl was a product of publishing industry woes. Bestselling ...

2026-04-29T18:12:00Z

Shy Girl was a product of publishing industry woes. Bestselling author Carmen Maria Machado walked with us through the world of literature and the challenges writers and the publishing industry face with the emergence of AI slop. On MAIHT3k's latest ep. “There’s No Ghost in the Machine”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

We're coming, DC! @npub15xv…0jms and I will be talking ...

2026-04-25T15:15:02Z

We're coming, DC! Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I will be talking about our book The AI Con on Monday, hosted by the Center for Digital Ethics and moderated by Laura DeNardis. Hope to see you there!

https://events.georgetown.edu/digital-ethics/event/book-talk-with-bender-and-hanna

Somali data workers did not sign up for this. Senior tech ...

2026-04-18T01:55:52Z

Somali data workers did not sign up for this. Senior tech reporter Niamh McIntyre at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, talks with us about the questionable practices of AI training data company Appen. More on our latest Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 episode “Uber for Military Surveillance".

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Being “bad” at art is good, actually! My favorite excerpt ...

2026-04-16T20:13:42Z

Being “bad” at art is good, actually!** **My favorite excerpt from my appearance with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) on the [@404media](https://flipboard.com/@404media ) podcast with Sam Cole (npub19c6…y2yf) in the episode “The Marketing Tricks of ‘Artificial Intelligence’”.

Join @npub15xv…0jms and I in New York for Mystery AI Hype ...

2026-04-07T19:12:14Z

Join Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I in New York for Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s first LIVE show! We’re doing a live taping at the Starr Bar in Brooklyn on Thursday, April 30. Space is limited, so get your tickets. All profit goes to DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9).

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mystery-ai-hype-theater-3000-live-tickets-1986920944030?aff=oddtdtcreator

Pennsylvania Sen. McCormick’s wife works for who now? Maia ...

2026-04-04T16:50:21Z

**Pennsylvania Sen. McCormick’s wife works for who now? **Maia Woluchem and Livia Garafolo from Data+Society's Trustworthy Infrastructures program, joined us for episode 74 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000.

They discuss their recent piece “Pennsylvania Is Perfect” for New Internationalist (npub1vy7…fjpp) on the impacts of, and resistance to, the development of data centers in Pennsylvania.

https://newint.org/science-and-technology/2026/pennsylvania-perfect

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

What makes Pennsylvania perfect… Maia Woluchem and Livia ...

2026-04-02T17:46:11Z

What makes Pennsylvania perfect… Maia Woluchem and Livia Garofolo of Data + Society on our latest Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 episode, “Data Centers Go Nuclear”.

Check out their latest piece in New Internationalist (npub1vy7…fjpp):
https://newint.org/science-and-technology/2026/pennsylvania-perfect

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Join the Scholar's Strategy Network and I as we discuss AI in ...

2026-04-01T18:24:19Z

Join the Scholar's Strategy Network and I as we discuss AI in higher ed and push back against Cal State’s $17M contract with OpenAI, as many of the system’s priorities go unaddressed.

Next Wednesday (April 8), 5-7 PM, at San Francisco State.

Register for an op-ed workshop to follow!

https://scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/bayareaopedai

Musk thinks data centers in space wouldn’t need ANY ...

2026-03-20T14:57:26Z

Musk thinks data centers in space wouldn’t need ANY maintenance. I loved [@adambecker.bsky.social](https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/adambecker.bsky.social )'s response to this on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out episode 73: "Data Centers in Space!?”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Full episode: ...

2026-03-20T14:57:26Z

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L’INGANNO DELL’INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE Today! The Italian ...

2026-03-18T19:32:04Z

L’INGANNO DELL’INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE

Today! The Italian edition of The AI Con is available in bookstores and online.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

https://fazieditore.it/libro/9791259678447

Astrophysicist Adam Becker dispels the ridiculous idea of data ...

2026-03-18T12:06:28Z

Astrophysicist Adam Becker dispels the ridiculous idea of data centers in space on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. This was such a fun conversation. Check out episode 73: "Data Centers in Space!?”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

What coders lose by relying on AI. From our event with the ...

2026-03-06T21:16:43Z

What coders lose by relying on AI. From our event with the University of Washington Office of Public Lectures. (with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

What do tech dudes have to be mad about? We interview author and ...

2026-03-05T12:19:46Z

What do tech dudes have to be mad about? We interview author and activist Naomi Klein on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out Episode 72: How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

“This is Uber for military”. We interview author and ...

2026-03-01T23:01:07Z

“This is Uber for military”.** **We interview author and activist Naomi Klein on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out Episode 72: How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

The military is bailing out the AI industry. We interview author ...

2026-02-28T00:31:41Z

The military is bailing out the AI industry. We interview author and activist Naomi Klein on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out episode 72: How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

My book goes to Congress🥰! Rep. Desaulnier recently quoted The ...

2026-02-26T21:20:48Z

My book goes to Congress🥰! Rep. Desaulnier recently quoted The AI Con in the US House subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. This is why "AI" will make our jobs worse. (with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Guys, we’re making AI CEOs sad 😕 From the latest ...

2026-02-16T21:31:57Z

Guys, we’re making AI CEOs sad** **😕** **From the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms). From Episode 71: A Bad Case of Hype-itis.

Real collaboration or Upwork for doctors? From the latest episode ...

2026-02-15T22:24:48Z

Real collaboration or Upwork for doctors?

From the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms). From Episode 71: A Bad Case of Hype-itis.

OpenAI has a new “health” app… 🤨 From the latest episode ...

2026-02-13T21:05:20Z

OpenAI has a new “health” app… 🤨 From the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms). From Episode 71: A Bad Case of Hype-itis.

There’s no such thing as an unbiased chatbot. Academic ...

2026-02-06T00:02:03Z

There’s no such thing as an unbiased chatbot. Academic librarian Raina Bloom on how “AI” developers ignore how people actually become informed. From Ep. 51 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, “The War on Knowledge”.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Call on California State University Chancellor Mildred García ...

2026-01-21T22:10:58Z

Call on California State University Chancellor Mildred García not to renew the CSU’s $17 million contract with OpenAI and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/

AI is not a “team of geniuses”. Sam Altman says that ...

2026-01-03T23:44:34Z

AI is not a “team of geniuses”. Sam Altman says that (unnamed) scientists feel as though they are marshalling the knowledge of a whole “AI” team. But science doesn’t work like that.

(with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms))

Purdue misses the plot. I’ve got thoughts about my alma ...

2026-01-01T19:47:07Z

Purdue misses the plot. I’ve got thoughts about my alma mater’s new “AI competency” requirement.

Privacy isn’t a purely technical issue. I got to speak on the ...

2025-12-31T17:15:56Z

Privacy isn’t a purely technical issue. I got to speak on the Main Stage at #MozFest 2025, on “Unlearning Privacy” with Signal’s Ubdhav Tiwari. Moderated by the wonderful Lauren Hendry Parsons from Mozilla.

Altman and Jony Ive have a warped idea of democratization. ...

2025-12-25T01:18:17Z

Altman and Jony Ive have a warped idea of democratization. Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I take on the ridiculous marketing video which came out of OpenAI several months ago in Ep. 58 of our podcast.

Altman and Ive have ruined San Francisco. @npub15xv…0jms and I ...

2025-12-18T18:39:45Z

Altman and Ive have ruined San Francisco. Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I take on the ridiculous marketing video which came out of OpenAI several weeks ago in Ep. 58 of our podcast.

I support Project Protocol because community-built solutions are ...

2025-12-16T17:18:28Z

I support Project Protocol because community-built solutions are the key to transforming reentry. This work uplifts the voices of people directly impacted and creates safer, more humane pathways through California’s parole system.

Donate today: https://bit.ly/Donate2ProPro

Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to ...

2025-12-10T19:19:27Z

Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.

My first for Bay Area Current -- A self-driving car killed a ...

2025-11-06T15:48:42Z

My first for Bay Area Current -- 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.

https://bayareacurrent.com/fuck-waymo-long-live-kitkat/

DAIR’s (@npub1mmf…2mx9) latest report offers a chilling ...

2025-10-22T14:53:59Z

DAIR’s (DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9)) latest report offers a chilling glimpse into how Amazon is using technology to ramp up surveillance of delivery drivers, violating existing workers' rights and creating unsafe working conditions.

https://www.dair-institute.org/projects/driven-down/

Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in ...

2025-10-17T14:18:33Z

Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I will be joined by
DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9)’s writer-in-residence
Decca Muldowney (npub1v9a…5z6v) to discuss AI and data journalism!

Monday, Oct 20 at noon PT, https://twitch.tv/dair_institute

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 64 ...

2025-10-15T14:45:40Z

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 64
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/18003686

reo eveleth (npub16we…aqxd) joins Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I to talk about how we don’t need tech bros to read sci-fi better, they need to understand it better.

Also available as video on peertube!
https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/a8L5gkaqx2ktdhKh4SLx8o

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 fans! We're moving our ...

2025-09-15T17:39:21Z

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 fans! We're moving our livestream to Friday. In the meantime, Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I are soooo close to a major download milestone!

Share and subscribe to the pod and your AI skeptical friends.

https://buzzsprout.com/2126417

We're seeing sales creep up for The AI Con (thecon.ai) and ...

2025-08-22T18:17:56Z

We're seeing sales creep up for The AI Con (thecon.ai) and for that, we're really thankful!

Let us know if you've put it on a syllabus, or shared with your AI skeptic friends who are wondering what all this mess is all about.

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms)

Tina Park, Sophie Song, and I wrote about Trump's AI Action ...

2025-08-08T14:24:28Z

Tina Park, Sophie Song, and I wrote about Trump's AI Action Plan, the narrative of "upskilling" on both the right and left, and how the myth of AI automation is forcing actual workers to do more with less.

https://www.techpolicy.press/dont-be-fooled-by-trumps-plan-to-reskill-workers-to-prepare-for-ai/

"In many ways, Bender and Hanna successfully demonstrate that ...

2025-06-24T12:33:26Z

"In many ways, Bender and Hanna successfully demonstrate that AI is a con. It fails at productivity and intelligence, while the hype launders a series of transformations that harm workers, exacerbate inequality and damage the environment."

Nice write-up of The AI Con by Luke Munn in The Conversation.

https://theconversation.com/is-ai-a-con-a-new-book-punctures-the-hype-and-proposes-some-ways-to-resist-257015

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms)

If you're at #FACCT2025 today, check out our AI Workers' ...

2025-06-23T06:42:38Z

If you're at #FACCT2025 today, check out our AI Workers' Inquiry, where we'll have a stellar panel of workers organizing against AI and host a participatory session. You can also participate online!

https://ai-workers-inquiry.github.io

Our conversation with @npub1dqh…eq5y is starting in a little ...

2025-06-06T15:21:07Z

Our conversation with Karen Hao 郝珂灵 (npub1dqh…eq5y) is starting in a little less than two hours! Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I will see you there.

https://datasociety.net/events/challenging-ai-hype-and-tech-industry-power/

Columbus! @npub15xv…0jms and I are here and excited for our ...

2025-06-05T18:41:55Z

Columbus! Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I are here and excited for our last joint, in-person event of our book tour, at the WOSU Community Studio on Pearl Street (not the Ross Community Center!)

https://prologuebookshop.ticketbud.com/theaicon

Today, as part of the Tech Policy Press and Data & Society ...

2025-06-03T13:28:09Z

Today, as part of the Tech Policy Press and Data & Society "Ideologies of Control: A Series on Tech Power and Democratic Crisis" series, Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I write about the myth of AGI.

https://www.techpolicy.press/the-myth-of-agi/

It's book press day! The AI Con is available where ever you ...

2025-05-13T14:28:04Z

It's book press day! The AI Con is available where ever you find fine books! Check out https://TheCon.AI for details.

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I think we wrote a damn fine book, and we hope you'll enjoy it too.

For a taste, check out the preview of Chapter 1, graciously published by LitHub.

https://lithub.com/on-the-very-real-dangers-of-the-artificial-intelligence-hype-machine/

This week's the week! THE AI CON drops on Tuesday! You can ...

2025-05-11T15:21:30Z

This week's the week! THE AI CON drops on Tuesday!

You can join Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I tomorrow for our Family Action Network book event with Timnit Gebru (she/her). (npub1z40…s3fq)!

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4117460131670/WN_sX-i6jBNQiKy2MHBvAzTUA#/registration

We also kick off our book tour on Thursday! Check https://TheCon.ai/events for details.

TODAY at 2 PM PT! Join us as we celebrate the release of the THE ...

2025-05-08T14:11:14Z

TODAY at 2 PM PT!

Join us as we celebrate the release of the THE AI CON! Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I are so excited to chat with Vauhini Vara about the book!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ai-con-virtual-book-launch-tickets-1330295943979?aff=oddtdtcreator

THE AI CON is out in a week, and @npub15xv…0jms and I are ...

2025-05-06T15:07:45Z

THE AI CON is out in a week, and Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I are kicking it off with multiple events!

1. DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) launch event is on Thursday, in conversation with Vauhini Vara, at 2 PM PT.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ai-con-virtual-book-launch-tickets-1330295943979?aff=oddtdtcreator

2. Then on Monday, we'll be chatting with Timnit Gebru (she/her). (npub1z40…s3fq) in an event with the Family Action Network, at 5 PM PT/7 PM CT.

https://bit.ly/BHFANWebinar

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 is hiring a new podcast producer! ...

2025-05-06T01:24:24Z

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 is hiring a new podcast producer! Unfortunately Christie is leaving us for greener pastures, but we'd love to have you work with us!

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms)

https://www.dair-institute.org/careers/

Thrilled to be included on this Kirkus Reviews list of five ...

2025-05-02T16:50:03Z

Thrilled to be included on this Kirkus Reviews list of five essential new books that challenge Big Tech!

with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms)

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/5-essential-new-books-that-challenge-big-tech/

Have you registered for THE AI CON's virtual book launch with ...

2025-04-28T15:49:26Z

Have you registered for THE AI CON's virtual book launch with Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and special guest Vauhini Vara, hosted by DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9)? Nearly 100 people have already registered!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ai-con-virtual-book-launch-tickets-1330295943979?aff=oddtdtcreator

We are kicking off the THE AI CON book tour with a virtual launch ...

2025-04-21T13:18:43Z

We are kicking off the THE AI CON book tour with a virtual launch event with DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9)!

Join us on May 8 at 2 PM PT as Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms) and I chat with Vauhini Vara about the book, AI hype, and what you can do about it.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ai-con-virtual-book-launch-tickets-1330295943979

The GoodReads giveaway for THE AI CON ends today! Enter by ...

2025-04-20T13:33:50Z

The GoodReads giveaway for THE AI CON ends today! Enter by midnight Pacific on April 20!

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (npub15xv…0jms)

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/410277-the-ai-con-how-to-fight-big-tech-s-hype-and-create-the-future-we-want

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