Who is betting on what in AI, and against whom.
Researcher
Linguist and co-author of the 'stochastic parrots' paper and, in 2025, The AI Con. Her position is not a rival camp but a refusal of the premise: language models model text, not understanding, and the field's claims outrun its evidence.
Known for 'On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots' (2021); The AI Con (2025)
Across camps Language models model text, not understanding, and the field's claims outrun its evidence.