UNSW Centre for Ideas

An initiative of UNSW Sydney, the Centre for Ideas is a thought-provoking program of events and digital content from the globe's leading thinkers, authors and artists.

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Episodes (100)

Thursday Karen Hao: Empire of AI (Re-release)
Thu Apr 2nd Yael Stone: Giving to gain
Mar 20th Who's the Man? (Re-release)

UNSW Centre for Ideas

Apr 9, 2026
2¾ hours
81 MB

Programs like ChatGPT have become ubiquitous with AI, promising to kick start the next industrial evolution. But the scale of resources needed to support AI are staggering, with the cost largely being levied on the marginalised. From energy demands eclipsing whole cities, to labour exploitation in the global south, this behaviour bodes poorly for an equitable future. In Empire of AI, award-winning investigative journalist Karen Hao unpacks the rise of OpenAI and their race for global dominance – prompting the question, what will it take to reign in this laissez-faire approach to growth? Answers are needed and UNSW leg...

UNSW Centre for Ideas

Karen Hao: Empire of AI (Re-release)

UNSW Centre for Ideas

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