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SUMMARY:Inside the Empire of AI with Karen Hao
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DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re excited about AI\, cautious about it\, o
 r just trying to understand the hype\, this event offers a look at one of 
 today’s biggest technological shifts.\nRegistration is required. \n
 .\nhttps://effinghamlibrary.libnet.info/event/17252840
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join a timely conversation with Karen Hao\
 , award-winning journalist and author of&nbsp\;Inside the Empire of AI. In
  this virtual event\, Hao will explore the rapid rise of artificial intell
 igence\, the social\, political\, and ethical questions surrounding AI dev
 elopment today\, and the questions posed in her work &ndash\; Will AI prod
 uce broad-based societal benefit for all? Or return us to an age of empire
 ? The path forward is in our hands.</p>\n<p>Whether you&rsquo\;re excited 
 about AI\, cautious about it\, or just trying to understand the hype\, thi
 s event offers an accessible look at one of today&rsquo\;s biggest technol
 ogical shifts.</p>\n<p>Karen Hao is the instant&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\
 ;bestselling author of Empire of AI and named one of the most influential 
 people in AI by&nbsp\;Time. She is lead designer of the Pulitzer Center&rs
 quo\;s AI Spotlight series as well as co-host of BBC&rsquo\;s podcast\, Th
 e Interface. The&nbsp\;first journalist to ever profile OpenAI\, Hao was f
 ormerly a reporter for&nbsp\;The Wall Street Journal\, covering American a
 nd Chinese tech companies\, and a senior editor for AI at&nbsp\;MIT Techno
 logy Review. Her work has been cited by Congress\, featured in university 
 curriculums\, and remade into museum exhibits.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Rean
 na Esmail\, Lead Librarian for Instruction at Cornell University and a pro
 minent voice in critical digital pedagogy and intellectual freedom\, will 
 join Karen Hao in conversation.</p>\n<p>This event is made possible by Ill
 inois Libraries Present (ILP)\, a statewide collaboration among public lib
 raries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded<b
 r />by the Illinois State Library\, a department of the Office of the Secr
 etary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and 
 Library Services\, under the provisions of the Library Services and Techno
 logy Act (LSTA).&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>ILP is committed to inclusion and accessib
 ility. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Closed Captioning a
 re provided for all events by default&mdash\;no special request needed. If
  a patron needs accommodations not listed\, the member library should emai
 l illinoislibrariespresent@ila.org.</p>\nhttps://effinghamlibrary.libnet.i
 nfo/event/17252840
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