What if everything you’ve been told about AI is a con?

In this episode, we sit down with linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna — two of the most incisive critics of mainstream AI discourse — to discuss their explosive new book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want. Together, they unravel how Silicon Valley has spun powerful myths about “superintelligence,” “alignment,” and “autonomous systems” to distract from real, present-day harms.

We talk about:

Why AI isn't actually intelligent — and why that matters

How narratives about “rogue AI” obscure corporate accountability

The labor, data, and power structures that prop up the AI industry

What meaningful tech justice and resistance could look like

This conversation is a must-listen for anyone trying to understand the gap between AI hype and AI reality — and what’s at stake when we get it wrong.

📘 Grab the book: The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want - at thecon.ai

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Welcome to AI-tocracy: where algorithms meet authority.

This is a show where we talk about tech, power, and the people caught in between. Hosted by Dylan Thomas Doyle. Asking:
Who’s really in control when artificial intelligence starts influencing policy, justice, finances, labor, surveillance, and truth itself?

AI-tocracy is what happens when artificial intelligence becomes part of how power is exercised — not just in tech, but in government, law enforcement, business, and daily life.

This show is about pulling back the curtain on how these AI-tocracies work — and who they’re built to serve… or leave out.