Or… #KarenHao #EmpireOfAI
In case you missed it, Karen Hao spoke with Naomi Klein earlier this month at UBC. An excellent talk with two of the best.
#EmpireofAI @karenhao.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social
Last night we went to the Chan Centre for a sold-out conversation between @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @karenhao.bsky.social about the Empire of AI (also the name of Karen’s book). I arrived a big fan of Naomi, and left a new fan of Karen. #EmpireofAI #ClimateJustice @ccj-ubc.bsky.social
Thank you @naomiaklein.bsky.social @ccj-ubc.bsky.social for hosting this important discussion. I’m excited to start reading #EmpireOfAI.
Silicon Valley isn’t building “friendly AI” — it’s running a neo‑colonial empire: harvesting data, exploiting Global South labor, burning energy, and worshipping cult‑like CEOs. AI is not magic, it’s capitalism 2.0.
#EmpireOfAI #TechColonialism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enXRDlWguU
Silicon Valley isn’t building “friendly AI” — it’s running a neo‑colonial empire: harvesting data, exploiting Global South labor, burning energy, and worshipping cult‑like CEOs. AI is not magic, it’s capitalism 2.0. #EmpireOfAI #TechColonialism
Anbefalet tv om #AI / #OpenAi / #ChatGPT med #KarenHao
#EmpireofAI.
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Ben boek: www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/empi...
#EmpireofAI van @karenhao.bsky.social aan het lezen.
Ze beschrijft eigenlijk in één alinea waarin AI hier niet 'zomaar' even op te trainen is.
Ga het boek met plezier uitlezen.
Screenshot of the tech noir-ish style audio book cover for Empire of AI - Inside the reckless rave for total domination, by Karen Hao
I’m in awe of @karenhao.bsky.social and their book #EmpireofAI. (The audio version is great). It does an incredible dive into the mindsets driving AI scale culture, data colonialism & all the ills, PLUS it tells the story of the tech in such an accessible way. Get it from an ethical bookshop now!
Libro: El imperio de la IA
Libro recibido: El imperio de la IA. Sam Altman y su carrera por dominar al mundo, de Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social
Gentileza: #EdicionesPenínsula
#ElImperioDeLaIA #EmpireOfAI #KarenHao #SamAltman #OpenAI
www.planetadelibros.com/libro-el-imp...
For friends in Hong Kong - @karenhao.bsky.social is speaking Nov 13 @ HKU Journalism and Media Studies Centre. #EmpireOfAI
Review: Empire of AI - by Karen Hao wezg.co.uk/2025/11/06/r... #44C #books #ai #bookreview #empireofai
ha just got thru this chapter in #empireofAI by @karenhao.bsky.social
EMPIRE OF AI has been shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year — a book with astonishing insights by Karen Hao. Recommended! #AI #EmpireofAI
Recommending Karen Hao's Empire of AI - Grace Shao @Gracemzshao from AI Proem
Watch the full Youtube video: youtu.be/RiRh6zAVndE
#EmpireofAI #AI
Possibly, but have you read @karenhao.bsky.social #EmpireofAI? She reveals that power hungry AI data centers are what is increasing the common person's energy bills. And in South Georgia, Musk's data center is also poisoning resident's air. Unregulated AI is taking air, water, health.
At the heart of every empire is an ideology.
For OpenAI, it’s AGI “to benefit all of humanity.”
But journalist @karendhao argues AGI is no longer science — it’s religion. And OpenAI? The Vatican.
#AI #OpenAI #EmpireOfAI #AGI #TechEthics
"[In #EmpireOfAI] @karenhao.bsky.social has written a superb work of deep reporting and reflection. By centring the story on #OpenAI, she offers a systematic corrective to the sense of so-called 'Artificial Intelligence' that you get from the breathless fluff and propaganda of our mediasphere."
Karen Hao (left) in conversation with Dr Kobi Leins (right0
Images from back of Storey Hall RMIT, with Karen Hao (left) in conversation with Dr Kobi Leins (right)
On Friday I was delighted to attend the launch of @karenhao.bsky.social's book #EmpireOfAI - in conversation with @kobotic.bsky.social at #RMIT, presented by @readingsbooks.bsky.social and @drwaus.bsky.social with introductions and framing from @lisagiven.bsky.social and Lizzie O'Shea.
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Picking up on potentially useful alternatives approaches @karenhao.bsky.social reports on how AI researchers worked with community consent and agency to build a tiny specific model for Te Reo in New Zealand; including guardianship of the data long term. #EmpireofAI
We’ve just had a hilarious and disturbing story from #EmpireofAI where a senior AI leader burns an effigy of a bad AI. @karenhao.bsky.social
Kobi Leins notes that the book reports that removing explicit material from the training data led to a drop in performance; that this revealed ethical and bias problems with the data chosen for training @karenhao.bsky.social #EmpireofAI
Following on from the issue of gender ; the staff who prepare the data on which AI is trained are treated to standards far below human rights expectations. This crosses the global south @karenhao.bsky.social #EmpireofAI
Reflecting on the impact of gender; @karenhao.bsky.social points out the many technologies don’t work for women ; and AI businesses have fired teams of women brought in to help reduce bias. #EmpireofAI
Kobi Leins points out the lack of concrete evidence to support the hyperbolic claims for AI boosts to productivity @karenhao.bsky.social #EmpireofAI
@karenhao.bsky.social moves on to pointing out the lack of true general purpose AI and the vast consumption of resources needed for marginal improvement. #EmpireofAI
So excited to be here tonight. #empireofAI
An introductory deep-dive into the two books: "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭" by Keach Hagey, a story of vision and ambition, and "𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈" by Karen Hao.
PS. The podcast was made by #NotebookLM Google.
#AI #OpenAI #SamAltman #TheOptimist #EmpireOfAI Google DeepMind #techpodcast
youtu.be/h2eadB9sIAc
Have you read @karenhao.bsky.social's book #EmpireOfAI? Interested in the cult of personality of Sam Altman?
In #Melbourne?
Come see Karen Hao in conversation with @kobotic.bsky.social this Friday night at #RMIT, presented by @readingsbooks.bsky.social. Free!
www.readings.com.au/events/karen...
#KarenHao #EmpireOfAi #RebekahTweed @AllTechIsHuman (45:05)
#EMPIREofAi is a #CallToAction offering the inside story of OpenAI as a lens for understanding this moment: the tech elite's extraordinary seizure of power & its threat to democracy.
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