You’re Being Lied to About AI—Here’s the Truth
Before you panic (or invest), make sure you understand what’s real and what’s just hype.
A few days ago, we published a list of our favorite new books on AI, and today I’d like to call attention to one of those books, AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference. Written by two Princeton computer scientists, and , the book brings a clarifying lens to the hype currently surrounding artificial intelligence. The truth is the term is an umbrella one that covers wildly different technologies, from chatbots to self-driving cars to hiring algorithms—each with its own capabilities and limitations. Before we buy into the hype (or the panic), we need to separate fact from fiction, and Arvind helps us do just that with these key insights from the book:
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