09/16/2026
🤖 Inside the Empire of AI with Karen Hao
📅 Thursday, September 17
🕖 7 PM CST
💻 Virtual event
Join award-winning journalist and author Karen Hao for a timely conversation about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence—and the social, political, and ethical questions shaping its future.
Will AI produce broad-based societal benefit for all, or return us to an age of empire? The path forward is in our hands.
Whether you’re excited about AI, cautious about it, or simply trying to understand the hype, this conversation offers an accessible look at one of today’s biggest technological shifts.
🎙️ Moderator: Reanna Esmail, Lead Librarian for Instruction at Cornell University and a prominent voice in critical digital pedagogy and intellectual freedom.
📚 Karen Hao is the instant New York Times bestselling author of Empire of AI and has been named one of the most influential people in AI by TIME. She is lead designer of the Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight series and co-host of the BBC podcast The Interface. Her work has been cited by Congress, featured in university curricula, and remade into museum exhibits.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/ILPS6KarenHaoRegistration
