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Mentioned in 19 episodes
The AI Con
How to fight big tech's hype and create the future we want
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Mentioned in 19 episodes
Recommended by ![undefined]()

as a concise and detailed primer on AI hype, its problems, and ways to push back.

Paris Marx

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Generative AI is Not Inevitable w/ Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
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as the topic of the podcast episode, discussing the layered ways today’s language-model boom obscures environmental costs, labor harms, and shaky science.


Alex Kantrowitz

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AI’s Drawbacks: Environmental Damage, Bad Benchmarks, Outsourcing Thinking — With Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
Mentioned by 

as their book and encourages listeners to buy it.


Emily M. Bender

42 snips
The "AI"-Enabled Immigration Panopticon (with Petra Molnar), 2025.05.05
Written by Emily Bender and 

to encourage a more critical look at AI.


Alex Hanna

31 snips
AI is more marketing hype than real capabilities, new book suggests
Mentioned in the podcast outro as a book available for pre-order.

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The War on Knowledge (with Raina Bloom), 2025.02.24
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as a new book.

Rowan Hooper

30 snips
The real threat of AI - ethics, exploitation and the erosion of truth
Mentioned in the podcast outro as a book available for pre-order.

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Petro-Masculinity Versus the Planet (with Tamara Kneese), 2025.01.27
Mentioned by 

as a needed guide to understanding AI and the promises being made in Silicon Valley.


Jathan Sadowski

25 snips
408. Synthetic Text Extruder Hype (ft. Emily Bender, Alex Hanna)
Written by Emily Bender and 

to discuss the misuse of the term AI and the impact of Big Tech's models on marginalized communities.


Alex Hanna

23 snips
Emily Bender & Alex Hanna: “The AI Con”
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as the focus of the conversation, where the authors discuss fighting Big Tech's hype.

Bonni Stachowiak

19 snips
The AI Con
Mentioned by David Stein as a critical perspective on AI chatbots, viewing them skeptically.

15 snips
Will AI Wipe Out Half of White Collar Jobs or Is There an AI Bubble?
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as a new book, calling it a product of the podcast come to life.

Justin Hendrix

14 snips
Taking on the AI Con
Mentioned by 

at the beginning of the podcast as his upcoming book.


Alex Hanna

14 snips
"AI" Agents, A Single Point of Failure (with Margaret Mitchell), 2025.03.31
Mentioned by 

as their forthcoming book.


Alex Hanna

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Episode 47: Hell is Other People's AI Hype, December 9 2024
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as an instructive and accessible book about AI and its connection with capitalism.

Vauhini Vara

Why "AI" Is a Con: Our Book Launch! (with Vauhini Vara), 2025.05.08
Discussed by the authors, the book explores the hype around AI, its beneficiaries, and associated harms, offering ideas for resistance.

Is AI a Con?
Mentioned by 

at the beginning of the podcast as his and 

's newly published book.


Alex Hanna


Emily M. Bender

AGI: "Imminent", "Inevitable", and Inane, 2025.04.21
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, referring to their own recently published book.


Alex Hanna

"Like Magic Intelligence in the Cloud", 2025.05.26
Mentioned by 

when discussing the impact of AI hype.


Emily M. Bender

Sam Altman's Fever Dream, 2025.01.13
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as Emily Bender's upcoming book on AI.

Lauren Gawne

98: Helping computers decode sentences - Interview with Emily M. Bender