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I just finished _The AI Con_ by nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqe0a6n84krygh2qc3ajptu4fa4ma0qy53acz8smsyhztgxljxkghsqzgd2c (nprofile…gd2c) (Emily Bender) and Alex Hanna. It explains what's going on with over-hyped claims of what AI can do (or surely will be able to do by next year, right?) in a lot more depth than I had been familiar with. It covers the harms to real live current people, including some harms I hadn't known about before. It's surprisingly readable for a tech topic. In combination with current politics, the situations described in the book did get a little overwhelming, but the final chapter does give suggestions of immediate things we can do about it. I was pleased to find out my local independent bookstore stocks it, and I was able to go right over and buy a copy. I definitely recommend this book. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-ai-con-how-to-fight-big-tech-s-hype-and-create-the-future-we-want-alex-hanna/22044744 #AI #AcademicChatter

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