Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna — The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

22 published claims from this book.

• Access systems interfere with users’ information navigational skills.
• AI development is not an inevitable process dictated by technology or necessity.
• AI does not demonstrate creativity; it merely appropriates human contributions.
• AI hype continues to escalate beyond expectations.
• AI lacks the ability to address deep-rooted social issues effectively.
• AI marketing manipulates perceptions to generate profits, ignoring real harms.
• AI reduces job quality by devaluing human labor.
• AI solutions will not improve access to healthcare as claimed.
• AI systems are using artists’ work without their consent.
• AI tools require hidden labor for data management and content screening.
• Criminality cannot be determined by facial recognition alone.
• Current ideologies in AI reflect historical eugenics concepts.
• Documenting hype contours helps inhibit future tech bubbles.
• Emerging technologies can obscure important social responsibilities.
• Goldman Sachs claims AI could replace 300 million jobs worldwide.
• Hype can mislead public perception of AI technology.
• Language models lack subjectivity and do not understand meaning as humans do.
• Many AI Doomers profit from the dangers they exaggerate.
• Replacing skilled labor with AI can result in harm, not benefit.
• Researchers relied on GPT-4 about labor market impacts, compromising their findings.
• The absence of citational practice in AI undermines recognition of original creators’ contributions.
• The general intelligence project has racist roots affecting societal inequalities.