…the empires of AI won’t give up their power easily. The rest of us will need to wrest back control of this technology’s future. …we can all resist the narratives that OpenAI and the AI industry have told us to hide the mounting social and environmental costs of this technology behind an elusive vision of progress.
—Karen Hao, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
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I just finished Karen Hao's "Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI". Best book I've read all year. It covers the history of OpenAI, from before ChatGPT to early 2025. It profiles CEO Sam Altman and several other executives. It also discusses the broader AI industry. And it's pretty darn negative! My notes here: https://evanhahn.com/empire-of-ai-book-notes/

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