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Barcode37821002540892
StatusChecked Out
LocationMarshall District
TitleThe AI con : how to fight big tech's hype and create the future we want / Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
AuthorBender, Emily M., 1973- author.
Call No006 BEN
CollectionAdult New Arrivals
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International Standard Book Number 9780063418561
Personal Name Bender, Emily M., 1973- author.
Title Statement The AI con : how to fight big tech's hype and create the future we want / Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Harper, and imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025
Physical Description xi, 274 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-257) and index.
Summary, Etc. "Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to put authors, artists, and others out of business? Are we about to enter an age where computers arebetter than humans at everything? The answer to these questions, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna make clear, is "no," "they wish," "LOL," and "definitely not." This kind of thinking is a symptom of a phenomenon known as "AI hype." Hypelooks and smells fishy: It twists words and helps the rich get richer by justifying data theft, motivating surveillance capitalism, and devaluing human creativity in order to replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines. In The AI Con, Bender and Hanna offer a sharp, witty, and wide-ranging take-down of AI hype across its many forms. Bender and Hanna show you how to spot AI hype, how to deconstruct it, and how to expose the power grabs it aims to hide. Armed with these tools, you will be prepared to push back against AI hype at work, as a consumer in the marketplace, as a skeptical newsreader, and as a citizen holding policymakers to account. Together, Bender and Hanna expose AI hype for what it is: a mask for Big Tech's drive for profit, with little concern for who it affects"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Technological innovations Social aspects.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Technological innovations Economic aspects.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Critical thinking.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Artificial intelligence Social aspects.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Artificial intelligence Economic aspects.
Added Entry, Personal Name Hanna, Alex, author.

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