LLM? More Like “Limited” Language Model
Emily M. Bender
Co-Author of the Legendary AI Paper, “On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots”, and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington
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Season 3 Episode 8
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As a co-author of the often cited (and debated) Stochastic Parrots paper from 2021, Emily M. Bender is a staunch critic of large language models (LLMs). Having worked in computational linguistics for more than 20 years, Emily’s deep understanding of LLM mechanics has her questioning many of the emerging use cases we see in the world. She joins Robb and Josh for a provocative exploration of generative AI on an important episode of Invisible Machines.
About the guest
Emily M. Bender is a distinguished computational linguist and professor at the University of Washington, where she has held various faculty positions since 2003. With a rich academic background including an AB in Linguistics from UC Berkeley and a PhD from Stanford University, Bender’s research focuses on multilingual grammar engineering, computational linguistics, and the societal impacts of language technology.
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