The AI Con How To Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want By Emily M. Bender Alex Hanna

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The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna is a smart, incisive critique of the hype surrounding artificial intelligence. Written by two of the world’s best-known AI insiders-turned-critics, this book exposes the misleading claims about AI, highlighting the real-world harms these technologies cause to jobs, health, society, and the environment. It also reveals who stands to gain from this hype and provides practical guidance on how to fight back.

Key Features

• Expert Analysis: Authored by AI specialists with deep insider knowledge.
• Myth-Busting: Debunks popular fears such as AI taking over the world or replacing all jobs, even creative ones.
• Real-World Examples: Examines AI applications in healthcare, education, media, government, and law enforcement, highlighting failures and risks.
• Social Impact: Explores the consequences of AI hype on surveillance, data privacy, job devaluation, and human creativity.
• Actionable Guidance: Offers tools to spot AI hype, expose corporate exploitation, and take practical steps to resist harmful AI adoption.

Why Read This Book?

This book equips readers to separate hype from reality, understand the power dynamics behind AI, and make informed decisions about technology in their personal and professional lives. A must-read for anyone concerned about the ethical, social, and economic impact of AI.

Authors

• Emily M. Bender: AI researcher and professor with decades of experience analyzing language technologies.
• Alex Hanna: Researcher and advocate specializing in AI ethics, fairness, and accountability.

Tech Specs

Expose the hype. Protect humanity. Shape the future.

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