{"id":4185,"date":"2026-01-05T19:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europe-calling.de\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=4185"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:26:05","slug":"empire-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/europe-calling.de\/en\/webinar\/empire-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Calling \u2018Empire of AI \u2013 The reckless race for artificial intelligence &#038; how things could be different\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eu01web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/6917661352447\/WN_-HKnB8CJS7G7bfntXEzf8w\">Register right here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recording:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/tH18ODPLUrY?si=QV8ySp7mfgxa4kT3\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/europe-calling.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dreams-and-Nightmares-in-the-Empire-of-AI-European-Calling.pdf\">Karen Hao&#8217;s slides: Dreams and Nightmares in the Empire of AI\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear friends!<\/p>\n<p>AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini and others are now used regularly by billions of users worldwide. In just a few years, whether in our private or professional lives, AI has become part of everyday life within just a few years.<\/p>\n<p>But with daily use, it is also becoming increasingly clear what price we are all really paying for quick queries to chatbots: From the incredible <b>energy hunger<\/b> of ever-larger data centres powered by dirty gas or coal-fired power or ancient nuclear power plants, to the dangerous flooding of digital space with <b>AI-generated disinformation<\/b>, to the disregard for <b>copyright<\/b> and exploitation of so-called \u2018<b>ghost workers<\/b>\u2019 in the Global South:<\/p>\n<p>The few AI companies are building their profits on destruction, paired directly with a story of redemption: if we just put enough resources into AI now, then <b>godlike \u2018artificial general intelligence\u2019 (AGI)<\/b> will come along and superhumanly solve climate change, disease and injustice, which it itself has helped to fuel, all controlled, of course, by the same AI companies.<\/p>\n<p>Because all this is very reminiscent of the empires of the past and present, journalist and author <b>Karen Hao<\/b> has named her new and highly acclaimed book \u201cEmpire of AI\u201d. Over the years, she has followed the path of ChatGPT developer OpenAI and its founder Sam Altman and written a sharp analysis of this AI empire. Karen Hao\u2019s work is not a crude demonisation of AI, but an intelligent critique, with sentences like these:<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2018AI is not the problem, but the specific way it is being implemented in Silicon Valley.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In our webinar, Karen Hao will present her book \u2018Empire of AI\u2019 and then discuss with two guests the question of whether Europe can implement AI in a different way that is not based on the exploitation of the climate, the environment and society.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dr Michael F\u00f6rtsch<\/b> is the founder and managing director of <a href=\"https:\/\/qant.com\/\">Q.ANT<\/a>, a deep-tech start-up from Stuttgart\/Germany that develops particularly energy-efficient hardware for AI in order to curb the energy hunger of AI models.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alexandra Geese<\/b> is a Member of the European Parliament in the Greens\/EFA group and one of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/politico-28-class-of-2026\/#list\"> leading<\/a> policymakers in the field of digital policy in Europe. She is also one of the most important opponents of the tech bros and a fighter for European sovereignty from cloud to AI. Alexandra is a founding board member of Europe Calling and co-organiser of the webinar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Date: Tuesday, 13 January 2026, 8:00 p.m. &#8211; 9:30 p.m. CET<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/eu01web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/6917661352447\/WN_-HKnB8CJS7G7bfntXEzf8w\">LINK<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>With interpretation in German and English.<\/p>\n<p>Join us and invite others!<\/p>\n<p>With European regards,<\/p>\n<p>Max and everyone at Europe Calling e.V.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Register right here! Recording: Karen Hao&#8217;s slides: Dreams and Nightmares in the Empire of AI\u00a0 Dear friends! 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