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Linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna argue that 'AI hype' functions as a rhetorical mask for Big Tech profit motives, justifying data appropriation, motivating surveillance capitalism, and devaluing human creativity in order to replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines.
desc_bender_hanna_ai_hype_thesis
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- THE AI CON - How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want primary_testimonyweight0.85
locator: Jacket copy, paragraph 2
“Hype looks 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.”