Opening Keynote: How Silicon Valley is Reshaping the World - via AI

Many of the ways that society could benefit from AI—better education and healthcare, a faster transition to renewables, clean air and clean water—have nothing to do with AI models today; they are based on the machine-learning models that have come before. But Silicon Valley, with OpenAI at its helm, has woven a remarkably compelling narrative about generative AI and Artificial General Intelligence being the key to progress and abundance. This narrative cloaks what’s happening beneath the surface, says Karen Hao. In this timely talk, drawing on years of original research, she examines a growing body of evidence to ask whether AI will ever produce broad-based economic benefit. Companies like OpenAI have become empires in the full sense of the word, consolidating extraordinary power and wealth in the hands of the few. In this historic moment, she shows us, the threat of the empires of AI grows clearer by the day. A return to empire is the unraveling of democracy. But there is another viable path. Karen offers an ultimately realistic and hopeful look at how to wrestle back what we’ve already lost, in order to create a world we all want.

Dieser Programmpunkt wird durch die Stiftung Mercator unterstützt. / This programme session is supported by Stiftung Mercator.

Karen will be signing her book “Empire of AI" at the Kulturkaufhaus Dussmann Book table on May 18 from 14:15 - 14:45.