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Is artificial intelligence on the brink of world domination? Have tech giants created autonomous thinking machines? Will AI render authors, artists, and other creatives obsolete? Are we entering an era where computers surpass humans in every way? 

According to linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna, the answers to these questions are clear: no, they wish, LOL, and definitely not. What fuels these dramatic predictions is a phenomenon known as AI hype—a misleading narrative that distorts reality to serve corporate interests. Hype doesn’t just exaggerate; it justifies data exploitation, accelerates surveillance capitalism, and undermines human creativity by reducing skilled work to mechanical tasks. 

Bender and Hanna provide essential tools to identify AI hype, break it down, and expose the underlying power plays it seeks to conceal. 

Registration opens September 10, 2025.