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The AI Con

Prof. Emily M. Bender, Dr. Alex Hanna
The AI Con

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

A smart, incisive look at the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the drawbacks and pitfalls of technology sold under this banner, and why it’s crucial to recognize the many ways in which AI hype covers for a small set of power-hungry actors at work and in the world.

“Bender and Hanna have constructed a thorough, witty, and accessible argument against AI that meets the moment.”
— Library Journal