Statement from the listed authors of Stochastic Parrots on the "AI pause" letter
A declaration or statement by Timnit Gebru, Emily M. Bender and Angelina McMillan-Major, DAIR Institute blog, dated 31 March 2023. Date printed under the byline.
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- Statement from the listed authors of Stochastic Parrots on the "AI pause" letter DAIR Institute blog (dair-institute.org) · published 2023-03-31 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 794c5c0ce1d0c8bb18d5137511abe280e3c4b2b00eb9ab550fb7bacf436829cb). Current blog page dated March 31, 2023; byline as printed on the page (three names). The cross-family check retrieved it again on 2026-10-31; the bytes differ, and the check compared the quoted passages.
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- Risk claims are speculative or unfalsifiableThe statement of 31 March 2023 by Gebru, Bender and McMillan-Major describes the risks named in the pause letter as hypothetical, calls the letter fearmongering and AI hype, and argues that such language misattributes agency to the systems.2023-03-31 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Risk claims are speculative or unfalsifiable: propositions page →
- Present harms deserve priorityThe statement of 31 March 2023 by Gebru, Bender and McMillan-Major states that the harms of AI are real and present, that the pause letter addresses none of them, and that concern should focus on the practices of the companies building the systems rather than on imaginary "powerful digital minds".2023-03-31 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Present harms deserve priority: propositions page →
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