Empires of AI With Karen Hao
Better Offline14 Mai 2025

Empires of AI With Karen Hao

Ed Zitron is joined by Karen Hao, author of the book Empire of AI, to talk about the confusing world of OpenAI and the associated mind-poison of artificial general intelligence.

Book link: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743569/empire-of-ai-by-karen-hao/
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Karen’s website: https://karendhao.com/
Twitter: https://x.com/_karenhao
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karendhao/
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/karenhao.bsky.social

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