In AI Snake Oil, computer scientists Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor cut through the confusion to give you an essential understanding of how AI works and why it often doesn't, ...

The acclaimed new book “AI Snake Oil” by Princeton AI scholars Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor offers readers a smart new perspective, with surprising insights on what should excite people most, ...

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AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference. Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor. 360 pages, Princeton University Press, 2024.

In their book AI Snake Oil, two Princeton researchers pinpoint the culprits of the AI hype cycle and advocate for a more critical, holistic understanding of artificial intelligence.

The AI Snake Oil chapter “Why AI Can’t Predict the Future” is particularly important for both laypeople—like college administrators—who may be required to make policy based on algorithmically ...

AI promoters are like the snake oil peddlars of the late 18th and early 19th century in America, who exploited people’s unscientific belief that oil from snakes had various health benefits.

The pressures of teaching create blind spots for a certain kind of snake oil-snake oil such as AI detection software. As inaccurate as it is, it works as administrative proof for forensically ...

Chinese New Year of Snake. getty. As 2025 unfolds, we find ourselves in the Year of the Snake—a symbol of adaptability and resilience. These qualities, often symbolized by the snake's ability to ...