{"ok":true,"trend":{"id":1670565,"platform":"mastodon","region":"global","key":"re: https:// dair-community.social/@emilymb ender/117412868905734653 well said, @ emilymbender . for years i’ve been giv","title":"RE: https:// dair-community.social/@emilymb ender/117412868905734653 Well said, @ emilymbender . For years I’ve been giv","url":"https://mas.to/@markwyner/117413537791626198","first_seen":"2026-10-10T00:29:14.026799Z","last_seen":"2026-10-10T01:51:13.677840Z","last_rank":7,"peak_rank":7,"last_volume":12,"peak_volume":12,"seen_count":2,"score":0.98515625,"category_hint":"ai","section":"technology","category":"ai","summary":"Linguist Emily Bender's remarks about how people project interpretations onto AI systems are drawing agreement from educators and researchers online. One lecturer who has taught AI ethics for years praised her argument about relationships with machines, saying it echoed themes from his own teaching. The exchange feeds into a wider debate about whether people over-attribute understanding and intent to language models.","why":"Bender is a prominent critic of AI hype, and her argument resonates amid ongoing debate about anthropomorphising chatbots.","tone":"neutral","entities":["Emily Bender","DAIR"],"summarized_at":"2026-10-10T00:30:10.063205Z","meta":{"tag":"artificialintelligence","via":"scan","kind":"status","lang":"en","instance":"mastodon.social","tag_uses":320},"nw":null,"promo":null,"kind":null,"importance":null,"hidden":false,"hide_reason":null,"judged_at":null,"title_en":"Emily Bender's point on projecting meaning onto AI draws support","section_name":"Technology","category_name":"AI","timeline":[{"captured_at":"2026-10-10T00:29:14.026799Z","rank":7,"volume":11},{"captured_at":"2026-10-10T01:51:13.677840Z","rank":7,"volume":12}],"posts":[{"platform":"mastodon","url":"https://mas.to/@markwyner/117413537791626198","author":"markwyner@mas.to","title":null,"snippet":"RE: https:// dair-community.social/@emilymb ender/117412868905734653 Well said, @ emilymbender . For years I’ve been giving a lecture on ethics in AI and our relationships with machines. Your point about projecting interpretations is so spot on it had me raising my fist when I…","posted_at":"2026-10-09T23:26:46Z","likes":12}],"elsewhere":[],"window":"7d"}}