beth semel
@bethmsemel.bsky.social
AI killjoy, prednisone hater, writing a book about voice analysis AI and the labor of technosolutionist listening in American mental healthcare
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see aeon.co/essays/an-an... and onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... which both differently map out the longstanding antagonism between chomskyan linguistics and linguistic anthropology + much more
An anthropologist studies the warring ideas of Noam Chomsky | Aeon Essays
The US military’s greatest enemy worked in an institution saturated with military funding. How did it shape his thought?
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January 31, 2026 at 4:01 PM
see aeon.co/essays/an-an... and onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... which both differently map out the longstanding antagonism between chomskyan linguistics and linguistic anthropology + much more
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In addition to Don Lemon, they arrested journalist Georgia Fort
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journalist georgia fort was arrested by the feds this morning for filming the church protest in st. paul where an ICE agent is the pastor. nekima levy-armstrong and chauntyll allen were already arrested for organizing it
she went live on facebook about it, @jasonderusha.com has recording on twitter
she went live on facebook about it, @jasonderusha.com has recording on twitter
January 30, 2026 at 1:30 PM
In addition to Don Lemon, they arrested journalist Georgia Fort
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"we live in a society" printed over and over again like The Shining
January 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
"we live in a society" printed over and over again like The Shining
"text as llm soul" is so chomkyan-saussurean-enlightenment linguist pilled i actually now need to sneak in a reference to this during my copy edits
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"text as llm soul" is so chomkyan-saussurean-enlightenment linguist pilled i actually now need to sneak in a reference to this during my copy edits
lots of dunking on this premise (that language's primary function is to capture the world / a soul via one-to-one mapping) / pointing out how long ling anth has been dunking on it / that it doesn't even match up with how all data scientists engage w language in practice www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Claude has an 80-page “soul document.” Is that enough to make it good?
Anthropic philosopher Amanda Askell reveals what went into the chatbot’s moral education.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:22 PM
lots of dunking on this premise (that language's primary function is to capture the world / a soul via one-to-one mapping) / pointing out how long ling anth has been dunking on it / that it doesn't even match up with how all data scientists engage w language in practice www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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We cannot allow the clarity and consciousness produced in these horrific moments of struggle to be co-opted by elites in the policing industry or Democratic establishment in service of any agenda other than reducing the size and power of the government’s capacities for repression and violence.
January 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
We cannot allow the clarity and consciousness produced in these horrific moments of struggle to be co-opted by elites in the policing industry or Democratic establishment in service of any agenda other than reducing the size and power of the government’s capacities for repression and violence.
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Our collective belief in our own inadequacy is required to sustain the AI project—a metaeugenic worship of intelligence and a belief that most people do not possess enough of it.
September 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our collective belief in our own inadequacy is required to sustain the AI project—a metaeugenic worship of intelligence and a belief that most people do not possess enough of it.