She's an insider now exposing OpenAI. Here's why you should be concerned | Karen Hao | Real Talk

If AI is an empire, Karen Hao is saying you can resist it. “We don’t need empires to benefit from AI.”

Hao is an investigative journalist and author of Empire of AI, she joined Mohamed Hashem to share what she saw while embedded inside OpenAI.

In this conversation, she reveals the inner workings of Silicon Valley, such as how CEOs like Sam Altman shape the story of AI, and what all that means for society, labour and the global economy.

Hao explains why AI is not inevitable, how ordinary people can reclaim agency over the technology shaping our future, and why resistance is already forming around the world as we grapple with the questions surrounding this new technology.

Timestamps:
00:00: Intro
01:18: Silicon Valley insider
08:25: Massive AI bubble
14:08: Too big to bail?
18:39: AI Empire vs US Empire
29:52: First journo embedded inside OpenAI
35:56: Elon Musk and AI
38:29: Good empire vs bad empire
39:14: Sam Altman: the takeaways
45:05: Sam Altman vs Elon Musk
48:22: How do people push back?

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