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If a Press Release Says "Artificial Intelligence," There's a Good Chance It's Meaningless

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This article is from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. You can already see the machine at work. Corporations, politicians, threadbois, and "thought leaders" are probing and prodding, searching desperately for ways to use surging curiosity about all things artificial intelligence to mask problems, gain favor with the public, and monetize attention. This A.I.-PR industrial complex is growing larger and worse than its predecessors--even crypto!--because the technology is making anything seem possible. With so much opportunity, vacuousness fills the gaps, and exploitation follows.