The AI Con

byEmily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, Jade Wheeler (Read by)

How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

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Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything?

The answer to these questions is 'no', 'they wish', 'LOL', and 'definitely not'.

In The AI Con, the renowned AI insiders-turned-critics Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, offer a sharp, witty, and wide-ranging take-down of AI hype across all its forms, exposing it for what it really is: a mask for data theft, surveillance capitalism, and the devaluing of human creativity in order to replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines.

While most existing books celebrate the emergence of such powerful systems, The AI Con does something more important: it reveals that under cover of its dangerous misnomer, 'artificial intelligence' is simply the tech companies' latest ploy to become the robber barons of the 21st century.

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

Brian Eno

About Emily M. Bender

Dr Emily M. Bender is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington. Her work, including the touchstone ‘Stochastic Parrots’ paper, brings a linguistic perspective to how large language models work and why the illusion they produce is so compelling. In 2023 she was included in the inaugural TIME100 AI list of most influential people in AI.
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  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • ISBN: 9781529957327
  • Length: 471 minutes
  • Price: £14.00
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