Center for the Humanities Presents: Karen Hao: Empire of AI (Just AI Series)
Karen Hao brings together her training as an engineer with a talent for telling the stories behind the technology. Selected by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2025, she is a best-selling author and award-winner journalist. Her most recent book is Empire of AI, which looks at the creation of Open AI, the corporation behind ChatGPT. It’s an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, one that is reshaping the planet in real time.
Event Format
We created this series to spark questions and conversation about the topic of AI in our community. The Just AI series events will be held in our Ray Theater and will include:
- Presentation and on-stage conversation with the featured speaker
- An AI-themed book sale by Grass Roots Books
- An author book signing
- Conversation cards at each table to encourage community dialogue following the speaker's talk