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Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor released the first chapter of AI Snake Oil online. The 30-page chapter summarizes the book's main arguments. The book was named to Nature's top 10 books of 2024, Bloomberg's 49 best, and Forbes's 10 must-read tech books. The authors are now working on a new project, AI as Normal Technology.
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