Empire of AI: Karen Hao in Conversation with Naomi Klein

Join us for this timely talk where acclaimed author and journalist Karen Hao lays out the stakes of the most consequential tech arms race in history—and the role we all can play to ensure that AI benefits everyone.

AI is transforming the world at breakneck speed and concentrating extraordinary power in the hands of a few. In the New York Times bestseller Empire of AI, Silicon Valley engineer-turned-journalist Karen Hao draws from years of rare insider access to OpenAI and reporting across five continents. She offers a gripping look at how the accelerating AI revolution is reshaping society and concentrating economic and political power in the hands of a few companies. “The way we develop technology is now fundamentally broken,” Hao says. “But I truly believe that we can fix it.”

Named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people in AI for “fundamentally shaping many people’s perceptions and understanding of the company at the center of the AI revolution,” Hao’s work is a brilliant and deeply necessary look at the industry defining our era and what the future holds.

For this urgent conversation, Hao will be joined by Naomi Klein, the award-winning author of international bestsellers including This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine, No Logo, and Doppelganger. Klein is an associate professor in UBC’s department of geography, founding codirector of the Centre for Climate Justice, and a columnist for The Guardian.