Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)3d ago

Almost a year ago, I was described in the FT as "a Cassandra with a wry grin and twinkling eye", and was entertained because Cassandra (famously) was right.

It's actually not fun, though, to watch the world do things you've been warning against:

https://www.newstatesman.com/technology/2026/04/the-silent-coup

The silent coup

On 20 April 2025, an official in the British government emailed their colleagues a story from that day’s Financial Times. The headline read: “UAE set to use AI to write laws in world first”. The offic

New Statesman
Show threadKierkethumbs up convincingly3d ago
@emilymbender and she was famously chopped to death by agamemnon’s wife and her lover for warning agamemnon about the plot that he ignored
Show threadHuubje3d ago
@Kierkegaanks @emilymbender I don't think anybody is chopped to death any time soon. At least I hope not
Show threadKierkethumbs up convincingly3d ago
@Huubje @emilymbender that was 2500 years ago. Different folks with different strokes
Show threadMike McCaffrey
@Kierkegaanks @Huubje @emilymbender Now it is just your employment contract that is chopped to death, and then you die from not being able to pay for healthcare. The modern world is much more humane.
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