The AI in the Room: A Guide to Not Fearing AI

By Ben Taylor
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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
2Introduction
31. The World's Most Expensive Autocomplete
42. The Infinite Library (And the Messy Librarians)
53. Why It Thinks Glue Belongs on Pizza (The Hallucination Problem)
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64. The Intelligence Illusion (The Turing Trap)
75. Tools, Not Teams (The Future of Work)
86. The Ethics of the Echo Chamber
9Conclusion
10Epilogue
11A Final Word from the Author
12About the Author

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