Karen Hao: Empire of AI

Name: Karen Hao: Empire of AI
Start: 2026-10-08T18:30:00-10:00
End: 2026-10-08T20:30:00-10:00
Location: John F. Kennedy Theatre

Schedule

Thu Oct 08 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-10:00

Location

John F. Kennedy Theatre | Honolulu, HI

Karen Hao on the global AI revolution and its costs, today & tomorrow. Hao is the Dai Ho Chun Chair in the College of Social Sciences.
About this Event

About the Speaker

Karen Hao is an award-winning technology reporter based in Hong Kong. She has served as a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and as artificial intelligence editor at MIT Technology Review. She writes regularly for The Atlantic, and she leads the AI Spotlight Series at the Pulitzer Center. Hao’s new book is the NYT bestseller, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: John F. Kennedy Theatre, UH Mānoa

Dai Ho Chun Distinguished Chair

This event is made possible by the late Dai Ho Chun through his estate gift to the University of Hawai‘i Foundation. The Dai Ho Chun endowments support distinguished lectures across disciplines. Karen Hao is the Dai Ho Chun Chair in the College of Social Sciences.

Lead Event Sponsor
College of Social Sciences at UH Mānoa