In-person short talk for the Bristol Data Week 2026 event "Open Research in the Age of AI" at 13:00-17:00 UTC+1 on 4 June 2026: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-research-in-the-age-of-ai-in-person-tickets-1986336528026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260526160431/https://www.bristol.ac.uk/golding/events/data-week/ In which I shared my reflections on: How the mythology of so-called "artificial intelligence (AI)" is worse than useless Large language models (LLMs) give us "illusions of understanding" Academic publishers, oil companies, and tobacco companies use similar tactics to divide us and distract from systemic problems Related talks I gave on this topic are linked in the "Additional details: Related works" section below.

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