Authors: Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
Confused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the world? In “AI Snake Oil,” computer scientists Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor cut through the confusion to give you an essential understanding of how AI works and why it often doesn’t, where it might be useful or harmful, and when you should suspect that companies are using AI hype to sell AI snake oil—products that don’t work, and probably never will.
