The AI in the Room: A Guide to Not Fearing AI
By Ben Taylor
Length1h 52m
About this audiobook
In the midst of the "Great Panic of the 2020s," we have been told that Artificial Intelligence is either an impending digital god or a job-stealing nightmare. In The AI in the Room, Ben Taylor invites you to look past the hysteria and see the "gears" of the world's most expensive autocomplete.
AI is not an autonomous mind; it is a sophisticated, energy-guzzling mirror reflecting the vast, messy multitudes of the internet. While it can draft poetry or code, it can also confidently suggest adding glue to your pizza or eating rocks for nutrition. This book demystifies the "Intelligence Illusion," transforming the machine from "incomprehensible wizardry" into a tool you can finally control.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology
Length1 hr 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 27, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Copyright
75. Tools, Not Teams (The Future of Work)
2Introduction
86. The Ethics of the Echo Chamber
31. The World's Most Expensive Autocomplete
9Conclusion
42. The Infinite Library (And the Messy Librarians)
10Epilogue
53. Why It Thinks Glue Belongs on Pizza (The Hallucination Problem)
11A Final Word from the Author
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64. The Intelligence Illusion (The Turing Trap)
12About the Author
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