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

A forthcoming Bodley Head publication brought to you by Penguin Random House, publishing in May 2025.

About the author

Dr Emily M. Bender is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington. Her work, including the touchstone ‘Stochastic Parrots’ paper, brings a linguistic perspective to how large language models work and why the illusion they produce is so compelling. In 2023 she was included in the inaugural TIME100 AI list of most influential people in AI.Dr Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and a former senior research scientist on Google's Ethical AI team. She is an outspoken critic of the tech industry and a proponent of community-based uses of technology.

Report

The blizzard of excitement, misinformation and pure hype around AI has driven many of us to want an honest guide to both its promises and its limitations as well as its bizarre history. If, like me, you're one of those many, you need to read this book. It's clear, objective and comprehensible. It's essential reading Brian Eno

Product details

• Authors: Emily Bender, Emily M Bender, Emily M. Bender, Bender Emily M., Alex Hanna
• Publisher: Bodley Head Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2025
• EAN: 9781847928627
• ISBN: 978-1-84792-862-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 232 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Finance, Knowledge Management, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / Financial Engineering, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Knowledge Capital, SCIENCE / Ethics, Political corruption, Impact of science & technology on society, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Impact of science and technology on society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, Corruption in politics, government and society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Financial technology (fintech), Knowledge / Information / Data economics