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By (author) Bender Emily M.; By (author) Hanna, Alex
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”The blizzard of excitement, misinformation and pure hype around AI has driven many of us to want an honest guide. If, like me, you’re one of those many, you need to read this book” BRIAN ENO
Is AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to replace all our jobs? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything?
The answers to these questions, as the expert authors of The AI Con make clear, are ”no”, ”they wish”, ”LOL”, and ”definitely not”. In fact, these fears are all symptoms of the hype being used by tech corporations to justify data theft, motivate surveillance capitalism, and devalue human creativity.
Packed with real-world examples, pithy arguments and expert insights, The AI Con arms you to spot AI hype in all its guises, expose the exploitation and power-grabs it aims to hide, and push back against it at work and in your daily life.
‘A book to inoculate your mind against Big Tech’s AI utopian hype’
Yanis Varoufakis
‘Hanna and Bender provide the clearest picture yet of what AI is, what it is not, and why none of us need to accept it’
Timnit Gebru
‘A powerful antidote. The authors show that these technologies will serve to deepen existing inequalities, and further ”enshittify” life and work for the vast majority of people’
Grace Blakeley
‘Truly eye-opening. An indispensable “field manual” for those who want to fight for a more humane economy and a better society’
Ha-Joon Chang
‘Fascinating and thought-provoking’
Johann Hari
‘A must-read’
Aleks Krotoski
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The blizzard of excitement, misinformation and pure hype around AI has driven many of us to want an honest guide to both its promises and its limitations as well as its bizarre history. If, like me, you’re one of those many, you need to read this book. It’s clear, objective and comprehensible. It’s essential reading
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The AI Con takes the thunder out of the dark cloud in our technological future. I am so grateful for the reality check, in Emily’s and Alex’s inimitable style. A must-read for those who don’t want to believe the hype
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A powerful antidote to the AI hype that dominates tech writing today. The authors show that the development of modern labour saving technologies is not neutral. Instead, these technologies will serve to deepen existing inequalities, and further ”enshittify” life and work for the vast majority of people
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A must-read. Drs. Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender cut through the dizzying hype to provide the clearest picture yet of what AI is, what it is not, and why none of us need to accept it being shoved down our throats
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A book to inoculate your mind against Big Tech”s AI utopian hype and the resulting dystopian dread
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Artificial intelligence is going to reshape our economy and society. And we”d all better get used to it, right? Wrong, say the authors of this incredible book. This is a truly eye-opening book that will be an indispensable ”field manual” for those who want to fight for a more humane economy and a better society
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A fascinating and thought-provoking analysis of one of the most charged debates in the world
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Bender and Hanna write with absolute authority and incredible wit and verve. Come for the piercing observations; leave with the tools to slice your way through the absurdist narratives that prop up the AI industry and to hold it accountable
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A powerful and timely deep dive into what the AI
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