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October 29, 2025 — Interview with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna, authors of “The AI Con”
Today, we’re talking with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna, co-authors of the book The AI Con, which came out earlier this year.
Emily is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington where she is also the Faculty Director of the Computational Linguistics Master of Science program in the School of Computer Science and Engineering and the Information School. In 2023, she was included in the inaugural Time 100 list of the most influential people in AI.
Alex is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute and a Lecturer in the School of Information at the University of…
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