Multimedia Meetup: "Empire of AI" by Karen Hao

Sunday Assembly's next Multimedia Meetup is August 3, 2025, at 3:00pm, discussing Karen Hao's "Empire of AI." Karen Hao has closely reported on the rise of the artificial intelligence industry, with a focus on Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. She compares the actions of the AI industry to those of colonial powers in the past. They, too, seize and extract precious resources to feed their vision of artificial intelligence: the work of artists and writers; the data of countless individuals posting about their experiences and observations online; the land, energy, and water required to house and run massive data centers and supercomputers. Taking a measured view, Hao raises questions about how AI is to be regulated to do the least harm.

Other options rather than reading the book include watching either of these two interviews:
One hour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQCthF2vlY

Seventeen minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NzW3o8zFEc