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Emily M. Bender clarifies "AI" definition and praises collaborative lab culture

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Emily M. Bender shared her thoughts on a collaborative and values-based lab culture, highlighting thoughtful policy development. She also clarified her stance on the term "AI," emphasizing that it does not refer to a coherent set of technologies, a point supported by scholarly work. Bender provided a link to an encyclopedia article and a PDF document to further explain her perspective. AI

IMPACT Clarifies the definition of "AI" and discusses lab culture, potentially influencing discourse on AI terminology and research practices.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of social media posts from a prominent researcher expressing opinions and clarifying definitions, rather than announcing a new product, research, or policy.

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Emily M. Bender clarifies "AI" definition and praises collaborative lab culture

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emilymbender.bsky.social ·

    This is amazing, both for the thoughtful policy that MJ's lab collaboratively developed and for the glimpse into a collaborative, supportive, values-based lab c

    This is amazing, both for the thoughtful policy that MJ's lab collaboratively developed and for the glimpse into a collaborative, supportive, values-based lab culture.

  2. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emilymbender.bsky.social ·

    This part of the thread really brought out the 'splainers. I should have probably included a link to this encyclopedia article. When I say that "AI" doesn't ref

    This part of the thread really brought out the 'splainers. I should have probably included a link to this encyclopedia article. When I say that "AI" doesn't refer to a coherent set of technologies, that is not idle commentary but actually based on scholarship. faculty.washington…

    LINKS faculty.washington.edu/…/Bender-AI-2026.p…

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