# Emily M. Bender

Record: actor-bender · Type: actor · Edition: 0.19.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/map/entities/26`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Position context

Status: unplaced. Kind: person. Evidence clarity: unavailable. Basis: primary. Implementation: public-advocacy.

Sources used: First-hand material.

Position: null. No coordinates assigned.

## /scope

Her arguments about AI use, evidence, labor and rights.

Claim: claim-actor-bender-c863eb4481f44246f08ae770. Annotation: editorial.

[bender-humanities-2025](https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/Bender-ISU-2025.pdf)

## /caveat

Resistance to adopting a product is distinct from a preferred pace of frontier capability growth. This source does not settle both map axes.

Claim: claim-actor-bender-7186e669fd92b7b9ba3a39d1. Annotation: editorial.

[bender-humanities-2025](https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/Bender-ISU-2025.pdf)

## /evidence/0/note

Urges scrutiny of task definitions, training data, claimed accuracy, labor and surveillance risks.

Claim: claim-actor-bender-2fe12d6bdbfed43207bfaeb3. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: context · Evidence role: context.

Find the passage: Slides 25–26

[bender-humanities-2025](https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/Bender-ISU-2025.pdf)

## /profile/summary

Asks who benefits from AI systems and whether their claims can be checked.

Claim: claim-actor-bender-d3d975f0c6400f4267a85c3a. Annotation: synthesis.

[bender-humanities-2025](https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/Bender-ISU-2025.pdf)

## /profile/sections/0/text

Her slides ask what task a system performs, whether its inputs support accurate output, and whether it can be used to deny people's rights. These questions apply to evaluating products; they do not automatically locate a person on this map.

Claim: claim-actor-bender-e0fea7de43071d19009d0170. Annotation: synthesis.

[bender-humanities-2025](https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/Bender-ISU-2025.pdf)

## Source provenance

### bender-humanities-2025

[Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of “AI”: The View from the Humanities](https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/Bender-ISU-2025.pdf)

Emily M. Bender / Illinois State University talk · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2025-04-16 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read the author's slides, especially the opening and slides 25–33 on scrutiny, rights and teaching. April 16 is the talk date printed on the slides. Does not establish a frontier-training policy.

No archive check recorded.