VAIPL Book Club: Empire of AI

VAIPL will be hosting a book club series on Karen Hao's "Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI". This book is a journalistic investigation into one of the largest AI companies, OpenAI, which owns ChatGPT. Hao examines OpenAI's interworkings, the human and environmental costs of AI, and ethical and intellectual property concerns with AI usage and development. Through seizing resources, exploiting labor, and harming our environment, all in their quest to put profits, prestige, and power above all else, "Empire of AI" argues that OpenAI and the AI industry are modern-day empires. 

Join VAIPL and Dr. Mary Finley-Brook, Professor of Geography and Global Studies at the University of Richmond, for an in-depth, thought-provoking book club and discussion of the state of AI in our society. The meeting dates and times for this book club are below. You will receive a recurring Zoom link via email upon registering. We look forward to seeing you there!

1. Tuesday, May 26, 6:30-8:00 pm

2. Tuesday, June 2, 6:30-8:00 pm

3. Tuesday, June 9, 6:30-8:00 pm

4. Tuesday, June 16, 6:30-8:00 pm

5. Tuesday, June 23, 6:30-8:00 pm

6. Tuesday, June 30, 6:30-8:00 pm