A review by thndrstd
The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

 Written by a linguist and a sociologist, this book contrasts what so-called "artificial intelligence" or AI is and the hype surrounding it. In the process, they provide a litany of much-needed criticisms of the technology, little heard in the mainstream as developers and tech try to cram it into everything. An important book that needs to be read by the majority of people. Highly recommended.