AI Snake Oil
Sayash Kapoor, Arvind NarayananWhat Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference
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CS PhD candidate at Princeton. I study the societal impact of AI. Currently writing a book on AI Snake Oil: http://aisnakeoil.com
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