Recognizing AI Hype and How People Can Fight Back / Emily Bender and Alex Hanna

Recognizing AI Hype and How People Can Fight Back / Emily Bender and Alex Hanna

Dr. Emily M. Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna, come on the show to talk about their new book “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want” published by LitHub. The book tackles the pitfalls of AI and why it’s so crucial to understand the capitalist greed that is manipulating AI behind the scenes.

A new installment of “This Week In Rotten History” from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview.

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