Empire of AI (2025 Book)

An Empire of AI (2025 Book) is an AI industry analysis book by Karen Hao.

• AKA: Empire of AI.
• Context:
  • It can typically examine AI Industry Development through AI industry analysis investigative reporting.
  • It can typically analyze OpenAI Development and ChatGPT Evolution through AI industry analysis field research.
  • It can typically critique AI Technology Hype surrounding AI industry development.
  • It can typically reveal AI Industry Insider Information about AI company operations and AI development ideology.
  • It can typically highlight AI Development Human Costs including AI labor exploitation and AI data worker impacts.
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  • It can often reference Global AI Infrastructure including AI data centers and AI supply chains.
  • It can often discuss AI Environmental Impacts through AI resource consumption analysis.
  • It can often analyze AI Democratic Impacts and AI societal implications.
  • It can often argue against AI Sentience Focus in favor of addressing AI current problems.
  • It can often include perspectives from Surveillance Capitalism Critics and Algorithmic Justice Advocates.
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  • It can range from being a Journalistic AI Industry Analysis Exposé to being a Philosophical AI Industry Analysis Critique, depending on its AI industry analysis depth.
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  • It can be published by Penguin Press with 496 pages (ISBN-10: 0593657500, ISBN-13: 978-0593657508).
  • It can receive endorsements from Daron Acemoglu, Joy Buolamwini, Roger McNamee, Parmy Olson, and Shoshana Zuboff.
  • It can be praised by The New Yorker, The Economist, and Financial Times for its AI industry analysis research quality.
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• Example(s):
  • AI Industry Analysis Book Chapters, such as:
    • OpenAI Internal Dynamics Analysis Chapters examining AI company leadership and AI development decisions.
    • Global AI Supply Chain Analysis Chapters featuring:
      • Kenya AI Data Worker Case Study documenting AI labor conditions.
      • Chile AI Data Center Case Study analyzing AI infrastructure impacts.
    • AI Environmental Impact Analysis Chapters documenting AI carbon footprint and AI water usage.
    • AI Industry Ideology Analysis Chapters exploring AI development motivations and AI hype mechanisms.
  • AI Industry Analysis Book Themes, such as:
    • AI Labor Exploitation Theme examining AI data worker treatment.
    • AI Resource Consumption Theme analyzing AI environmental costs.
    • AI Democratic Impact Theme discussing AI power concentration.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • AI Technical Manuals, which focus on AI algorithm implementation rather than AI industry analysis.
  • AI Utopian Books, which promote AI benefits without addressing AI industry harms.
  • AI Fiction Novels, which speculate on AI future scenarios without AI industry analysis grounding.
• See: AI Industry Analysis Book, Karen Hao, OpenAI, ChatGPT, AI Technology Hype, Surveillance Capitalism, Algorithmic Justice, AI Societal Impact, AI Environmental Impact, AI Labor Exploitation.

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