Are today’s AI apps like ChatGPT really weapons that hand more power to tech billionaires?
Journalist Karen Hao (author, "Empire of AI: Dreams, Nightmares & Sam Altman’s OpenAI") and legendary tech investor-turned-watchdog Roger McNamee join Gil Duran to pull back the curtain on:
- Sam Altman, Elon Musk and the quest for AI dominance
- OpenAI’s hidden cost: Kenyan moderators paid poverty wages to sift horrific content
- Digital colonialism from Africa to Chile to Arizona
- Why U.S. lawmakers keep killing real AI regulation
- State power + tech power: the new “British East India Company” playbook
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Intro – Are AI apps tools or weapons?
Guest introductions: Karen Hao & Roger McNamee join the show
Hidden labor :The exploited Kenyan content moderators behind OpenAI Historical pivot: How Silicon Valley shifted from empowerment to extraction
Sam Altman deep-dive: The persuasion playbook driving OpenAI’s rise
Power grabs: Altman, Musk & Zuckerberg chase direct political influence
Digital colonialism: Data centers, water rights, and the new empire model
Empire mechanics: Four pillars that let Big Tech consolidate control
“Fruit of a poisoned tree”: Why today’s GenAI is fundamentally compromised
Reckoning ahead?: Can the AI empire be stopped or reined in?
Ground-level hope: Grassroots resistance and community wins
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