Reading About AI

Dr. Amanda hosts Dr. Amanda, expert in new communication technology, to discuss books about the current state of AI. Primary focus is on Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAi by Helen Hao and Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis. Additional mentions include The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence - Before it's too late (Cory Doctorow), AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't, and How to Tell the Difference (Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor), More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity (Adam Becker), The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want (Emily Bender & Alex Hanna), Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (Brian Merchant), Monk and Robot Series (Becky Chambers), Robogenesis and Robopocalypse (Daniel H Wilson), Buffalo is the New Buffalo (Chelsea Vowel), And Then There Was You (Sophie Cousens), and What if it's You? (Jilly Gagnon). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.