olii 's review for:

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place by Janelle Shane

4.5

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

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I loved this book, it was unexpectedly funny and showed me many new sides of AI, along with so many funnily absurd examples illustrated. The author also considered many different aspects and pitfalls of AI, though I would have liked a bit of a deeper exploration of the ethics and possible consequences of calling something AI that isn't, like using humans for the tasks instead, which was briefly talked about. 
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about how artificial intelligence works or is just along for the great absurdity that AI use has resulted in in the past.