AI Snake Oil

Myths surrounding the AI hype have proved persistent as both predictive and generative AI have made rapid strides in development. The shortcomings of AI are swept under the rug while its benefits and applications have been overpromised. How can we use AI to its best, most effective and equitable potential? How does the use of AI as a blanket term do a disservice to policy, data analysis, and social media moderation?

Join Planetary Politics online on Thursday, December 5 at 12 PM ET for a conversation between Senior Fellow Akash Kapur and Arvind Narayanan, professor of computer science, Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton, and co-author of AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference.