

- Artificial intelligence, Technology, Nonfiction, Big Tech
**A smart, incisive look at the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the drawbacks and pitfalls of technology sold under this banner, and why it’s crucial to recognize the many ways in which AI hype covers for a small set of power-hungry actors at work and in the world.**
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- Author
- Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Harper
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781529949896
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“In late 2023, inside the grand halls of the United States capital of Washington, DC, Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer, Senate majority leader, led the eighth of a set of forums he had been convening around artificial intelligence, or AI.”
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