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AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't, and How to Tell the Difference
AI promises to be the magic wand that will fix everything—from hiring to policing—except, spoiler alert, it’s often just snake oil dressed in silicon. Narayanan and Kapoor cut through the hype to show that AI isn’t some mystical oracle but a flawed tool, prone to bias and over-promise. If you’re tired of the AI hype machine selling miracles it can’t deliver, this book is your reality check.
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