The AI Con: An Atomic Truth Bomb for AI
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | The AI Con: An Atomic Truth Bomb for AI |
| Author(s) | David de Hilster |
| Published in | NLU Global |
| Date | 2025-05-14 |
| Subject area | Artificial Intelligence |
| Topics | artificial intelligence, large language models |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"The AI Con: An Atomic Truth Bomb for AI" is a book review by David de Hilster published on 14 May 2025 on NLU Global.
De Hilster recommends Emily Bender and Alex Hanna's The AI Con as an antidote to the industry that has grown up around the hype — the expensive prompt-engineering courses and the AI classes for toddlers. Writing from more than forty years in the field, he notes that each advance has arrived with the same announcement that machines are about to take over, and credits the book with being constructive as well as critical: its subtitle promises a way to fight the hype and build something better.