The AI Con

A new book titled 'The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want' by Hanna Emily M. Bender and Alex, published by Vintage, argues that claims about artificial intelligence taking over the world or replacing all jobs are hype used by tech corporations to justify data theft and surveillance capitalism. The 288-page book, priced at £12.99, exposes the real harm these technologies cause to jobs, health, society, and the environment, and offers guidance on how to fight back.

- Imprint: Vintage /search-results?tab=books&imprint=Vintage - ISBN: 9781529949902 - Length: 288 pages - Dimensions: 197mm x 19mm x 129mm - Weight: 216g - Price: £12.99 The AI Con How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want Format: Buy the book from: 'Essential reading' BRIAN ENO A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing the real harm these technologies do to our jobs, health, society and environment, who stands to gain from them, and how to fight back. 'A truly eye-opening book for those who want to fight for a more humane economy and a better society' HA-JOON CHANG 'A must-read for those who don't want to believe the hype' ALEX KROTOSKI A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing the real harm these technologies do to our jobs, health, society and environment, who stands to gain from them, and how to fight back. 'A truly eye-opening book for those who want to fight for a more humane economy and a better society' HA-JOON CHANG 'A must-read for those who don't want to believe the hype' ALEX KROTOSKI Is AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to replace all our jobs, even creative ones, like doctors, teachers and care-workers? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything ? The answers to these questions, as the expert authors of The AI Con make clear, are 'no', 'they wish', 'LOL', and 'definitely not'. In fact, these fears are all symptoms of the hype being used by tech corporations to justify data theft, motivate surveillance capitalism, and devalue human creativity so they can replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines. Meanwhile, across healthcare, education, media, government and law-enforcement, ‘AI’ products are already being introduced that are unreliable, ineffective, unjust and dangerous. Packed with real-world examples, pithy arguments and expert insights, The AI Con arms you to spot AI hype in all its guises, expose the exploitation and power-grabs it aims to hide, and push back against it at work and in your daily life. Details All editions Hardback 2025 /books/468070/the-ai-con-by-hanna-emily-m-bender-and-alex/9781847928610 - Paperback 2026 Ebook 2025 /books/468070/the-ai-con-by-hanna-emily-m-bender-and-alex/9781529949896 Audio Download 2025 /books/468070/the-ai-con-by-hanna-emily-m-bender-and-alex/9781529957327