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AI Snake Oil

What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference
Book • 2024
AI Snake Oil cuts through the confusion surrounding AI by explaining how it works, where it might be useful or harmful, and when companies are using AI hype to sell ineffective products.

The book acknowledges the potential of some AI, like ChatGPT, while uncovering rampant misleading claims and describing serious harms in areas such as education, medicine, hiring, banking, insurance, and criminal justice.

It explains the differences between types of AI, why organizations fall for AI snake oil, and warns of the dangers of unaccountable big tech companies controlling AI.

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Mentioned in 25 episodes

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Pat Pataranutaporn
when discussing the need for specific terminology in the AI field.
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Echo Chambers of One: Companion AI and the Future of Human Connection
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Cory Hixson
as the next book to be discussed on the podcast.
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227: Lean Learning by Pat Flynn
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Sam Charrington
in the introduction, highlighting
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Arvind Narayanan
's and Sayash Gopur's collaborative work on AI risks.
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AI Agents: Substance or Snake Oil with Arvind Narayanan - #704
Mentioned as a listener recommendation that Cory wants to read to learn more about AI.
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226: The 5 Resets by Dr. Aditi Nerurkar
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Sinan Ozdemir
is excited to read about the modern takes on snake oil in AI.
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903: LLM Benchmarks Are Lying to You (And What to Do Instead), with Sinan Ozdemir
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Josh Kale
as an argument against the imminence of AGI's transformative power.
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The Intelligence Curse: How AGI Makes Us All Obsolete | Luke Drago & Rudolf
Book for today's discussion, authored by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor, both from Princeton.
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228: AI Snake Oil by Arvid Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor
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David Hoffmann
when introducing the debate with the man who also wrote it.
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The New OpenAI Gadget Will Change The World | AI Calls The Cops | AI Agent OnlyFans
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Tim Scarfe
at the end of the podcast as a book to pre-order.
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Sayash Kapoor - How seriously should we take AI X-risk? (ICML 1/13)
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Sayash Kapoor
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John Xavier
as a critical examination of artificial intelligence, focusing on its limitations and exaggerated claims.
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Ep22: Demystifying AI and separating hype from genuine progress 
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Andy Steiger
as a book that calls out crystal ball AI and predictive AI.
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Has A.I. Become an Idol?
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Martin Reeves
as a timely new book discussing AI capabilities and limitations.
AI Snake Oil with Sayash Kapoor
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Megan McCarty Carino
, referencing the book's discussion of predictive algorithms in high-stakes areas.
NYC's child welfare agency uses AI to scrutinize marginalized families, recent investigation finds
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Greg Epstein
in the context of AI companies pivoting from building a god to creating products.
Tech Agnostic (with Greg Epstein)
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Michael Krigsman
as the book written by
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Arvind Narayanan
and Sayaj Kapoor on the topic of AI.
AI Snake Oil: Princeton Professor Exposes AI Truths | #867
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Thomas Smith
when discussing AI and the law.
Ok, but Would AI Judges Really Be Any Worse?
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Megan McCarty Carino
as a book co-authored by Sayash Kapoor.
Small tweaks to AI prompts can have significant impacts on output
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Nathan Labenz
while discussing AI capabilities and generalization.
AI Discourse Deranged: Assessing LLM Generalization Takes and Polarizing Regulatory Debate

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