The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

You’re invited to The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want - a workshop and talk by Dr. Alex Hanna

Workshop: April 2, 2025, 4:30-5:30pm, BCC MP2

Keynote Lecture: April 3, 2025, 4:30-5:30pm with Q&A 5:30-6pm, HCRN 1066 (Honors Hall)

The Tech Justice Lab invites you to attend a workshop and talk by Dr. Alex Hanna. Dr. Hanna is the Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute, a former AI ethics expert at Google, and a Purdue Aluma. In the workshop and keynote lecture, we’ll learn about Dr. Hanna’s new book, The AI Con, and learn how to spot AI hype, how to deconstruct it, and how to expose the power grabs it aims to hide.

The workshop will take place on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 4:30-5:30pm in BCC MP2 (). The keynote will take place on Thursday, April 3, 2025, 4:30-5:30pm with Q&A 5:30-6pm in HCRN 1066 (Honors Hall). The keynote lecture will also be available over Zoom. 

This series is sponsored by the Tech Justice Lab, Anthropology, Agriculture, Black Cultural Center, Digital Humanities, Governance & Responsible AI Lab, Health & Human Sciences, John Martinson Honors College, Knowledge Lab, Libraries, and Students for Tech Justice.