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SUMMARY:Inside the Empire of AI with Karen Hao
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DESCRIPTION:Join a timely conversation with Karen Hao\, award-winning jour
 nalist and author of Inside the Empire of AI..\nhttps://jolietpubliclibrar
 y.libnet.info/event/17289629
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In this virtual event\, Hao will explore t
 he rapid rise of artificial intelligence\, the social\, political\, and et
 hical questions surrounding AI development today\, and the questions posed
  in her work &ndash\; Will AI produce 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 t
 rying to understand the hype\, this event offers an accessible look at one
  of today&rsquo\;s biggest technological shifts.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
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 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Karen Hao is the instant New York Times bestselling
  author of Empire of AI and named one of the most influential people in AI
  by Time. She is lead designer of the Pulitzer Center&rsquo\;s AI Spotligh
 t series as well as co-host of BBC&rsquo\;s podcast\, The Interface. The f
 irst journalist to ever profile OpenAI\, Hao was formerly a reporter for T
 he Wall Street Journal\, covering American and Chinese tech companies\, an
 d a senior editor for AI at MIT Technology Review. Her work has been cited
  by Congress\, featured in university curriculums\, and remade into museum
  exhibits. &nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Moderator</strong><br />Reanna Esmail\,
  Lead Librarian for Instruction at Cornell University and a prominent voic
 e in critical digital pedagogy and intellectual freedom\, will join Karen 
 Hao in conversation.</p>\n<p>This event is intended for adults.</p>\n<p>Th
 is event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP)\, a statewid
 e collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is fun
 ded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a departmen
 t of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. I
 nstitute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Libr
 ary Services and Technology Act (LSTA).&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>ILP is committed to
  inclusion and accessibility. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation 
 and Closed Captioning are provided for all events by default&mdash\;no spe
 cial request needed.</p>\n<p>If a patron needs accommodations not listed\,
  the member library should email illinoislibrariespresent@ila.org.&nbsp\;<
 /p>\n<p>Registration for this event closes at 5:00 p.m. on event day. Late
  registrations will be processed after the live event\, allowing access to
  the event recording.</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://jolietpubliclibrary.libnet.inf
 o/event/17289629
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