Siliconsciousness: The AI Con: A Conversation with Dr. Alex Hanna and Dr. Emily Bender

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Has AI hype gone too far? Are companies and their executives hyping up artificial intelligence to drive up their profits and help the rich get richer? Dr. Alex Hanna and Dr. Emily Bender join David Rothkopf to answer these questions and discuss their new book “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want.” This material is distributed by TRG Advisory Services, LLC on behalf of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the U.S.. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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