Emily M. Bender

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Linguist; AI critic

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Build artificial general intelligence

Emily M. Bender votes Against and says:

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For me, AI should be grounded and centred on the person and how to best help the person. But for a lot of people, it's grounded and centred on the technology. [...] The AGI thing, the AGI narrative, sidesteps that, and instead actually puts forward t... more Unverified source (2025)

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

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Treating speculative “superintelligence” as the policy target and proposing to freeze development until there’s public buy‑in and scientific consensus distracts from the actual, present‑day harms of AI systems. These systems are already amplifying di... more Unverified source (2025)

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