Ben Waber reviewed AI Mirror by Shannon Vallor
An Urgent, Incisive Look at AI
5 stars
Vallor brings a philosophical clarity to parsing generative AI, and AI more broadly, in a way that few can match. Her mirror analogy is incredibly apt, and she further uses this to deconstruct the bombastic claims of industry boosters and explore other ways that we can develop this class of technology. She even gets into the racist/eugenicist roots of long termism, although engages too often with the "AGI" nonsense for my taste. Overall, however, this is one of the best books on AI out there. Highly recommend