Is AI a con? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist

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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, as the authors of The AI Con stress, are “no”, “they wish”, “LOL” and “definitely not”.