Artificial intelligence (so-called) is typified by its boom and bust cycles, and we’re in a boom now. But as more and more money pours in with decreasing returns, we’re going to see a shakeout, and hype is rushing in to stoke the enthusiasm. In other words, the con is on.
Dr Emily M. Bender and Dr Alex Hanna are co-hosts of the podcast Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, and the authors of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want. They join us for this episode.
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The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want
By Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-ai-con-emily-m-benderalex-hanna?variant=43065101189154
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
https://www.dair-institute.org/maiht3k/
Mark Zuckerberg Gets Roasted for Saying the Average American Has ‘Fewer Than Three Friends’ While Pushing AI Chatbots
https://sfist.com/2025/05/01/mark-zuckerberg-gets-roasted-for-saying-the-average-american-has-fewer-than-three-friends-while-pushing-ai-chatbots/
AI | 404 Media
https://www.404media.co/tag/ai/
Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/01/mushroom-pickers-urged-to-avoid-foraging-books-on-amazon-that-appear-to-be-written-by-ai
Artists warn of the harm AI-generated illustrations can do to their careers
https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2023/06/15/artists-warn-of-the-harm-ai-generated-illustrations-can-do-to-their-careers
AI Slopaganda feat. Ryan Broderick (E319) | QAA Podcast
https://soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/ai-slopaganda-feat-ryan-broderick-e319
AI-Generated Code Packages Can Lead to ‘Slopsquatting’ Threat
https://devops.com/ai-generated-code-packages-can-lead-to-slopsquatting-threat/
A Comprehensive Survey of Hallucination Mitigation Techniques in Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01313
Can LLMs Generate Novel Research Ideas? A Large-Scale Human Study with 100+ NLP Researchers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04109
Powerful new AI software maps virtually any protein interaction in minutes
https://www.science.org/content/article/powerful-new-ai-software-maps-virtually-any-protein-interaction-minutes
This is a DOGE intern who is currently pawing around in the US Treasury computers and database
https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1ijbtqf/this_is_a_doge_intern_who_is_currently_pawing/
AI’s $600B Question | Sequoia
https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/ais-600b-question/
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