THE AI CON - How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

Notes

Publisher/book marketing page. Primary-source for the authors' stated thesis; not a primary source for the empirical claims the book makes about AI. Slightly below press prior because it is promotional copy, not journalism.

Evidence from this source (3)

• CDBender and Hanna reject the claims that current AI systems constitute artificia… support
  weight

  0.80

  method: primary_testimony · locator: Jacket copy, paragraph 1-2

  “The answer to these questions, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna make clear, are "no," "they wish," "LOL," and "definitely not."”

• CDBender and Hanna frame the book as a practical toolkit for non-technical audien… support
  weight

  0.85

  method: primary_testimony · locator: Jacket copy, paragraph 3

  “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.”

• CDLinguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna argue that 'AI hype' functi… support
  weight

  0.85

  method: primary_testimony · 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.”