Live Linguistics Careercast coming your way on August 16! Join us for part two of our conversation on GenAI and linguistics, this time focusing on Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, Ph.D.’s recent book “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want.” And we’ll follow the taping with a networking event in Gather!

Host Laurel Sutton will be joined again by Alicia Beckford Wassink, Katie Swindler, and Aubrie Amstutz to continue the conversation from our live episode at LingFest25, which we released as a podcast on April 22, 2025.

The 90 minute panel will take place in Zoom and will include a Q&A portion. After the panel, we’ll move to Gather for an hour of networking. We invite attendees to mix and mingle, and to have space to process the great conversation.

PANEL DISCUSSION/LIVE PODCAST: 10:00 – 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
GATHER NETWORKING EVENT: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Tickets are $5 for LSA members, and $7 for the general public. Registration can be found on Linguistic Society of America (LSA)’s website:

https://www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=8/16/2025&eventid=106&mc_cid=d47d2d569b

Big thanks to LSA for sponsoring this event!

Haven’t read the book yet? Pick up a copy or stop by your local bookstore!

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