Karen Hao on AI’s Empire, AGI Evangelists & the Cost of Belief

Karen Hao on the Empire of AI, AGI evangelists, and the cost of belief explores OpenAI’s power and ideology.
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Karen Hao on AI’s Empire, AGI Evangelists & the Cost of Belief
At the heart of today’s tech debates is Karen Hao on the Empire of AI, AGI evangelists, and the cost of belief , a conversation that digs into the promises and perils of artificial general intelligence. Hao, a journalist and bestselling author, unpacks how OpenAI and its vision of AGI have reshaped not just the AI industry but global power structures. Image Credits:Karen Hao Her insights highlight an uncomfortable truth: behind the dream of “benefiting all humanity” lies an empire built on massive influence, unchecked growth, and deeply ideological faith in AGI’s potential. The Ideology Behind AI’s Empire Every empire is fueled by belief. For European colonial powers, it was Christianity as both justification and control. For the modern AI empire, it’s the vision of AGI — an autonomous system imagined to surpass humans in economically valuable work. Karen Hao explains that OpenAI has become the chief evangelist of this ideology, spreading it with such fervor that it has redefined how AI res…