Data & Society Research Institute 182d ago

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not magic or sentient; it does not even describe one coherent set of technologies. In two new books, Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, and Karen Hao explore how AI instead serves as a powerful marketing tool for tech giants who have a product to sell and profits to rake in. On June 6 — in a conversation moderated by Tamara Kneese, director of Data & Society’s Climate, Technology, and Justice program — these authors explored AI’s impact on our environment and society, and the motivations of the tech elite that build and shape it. Resources and recordings will be shared here: https://datasociety.net/events/challenging-ai-hype-and-tech-industry-power/. Purchase your copy of the books! The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna (https://bookshop.org/a/14284/9780063418561) Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI by Karen Hao (https://bookshop.org/a/14284/9780593657508)