📚 HFH Book Club — First Meeting "Empire of AI" by Karen Hao

Fellow Humans, we're starting a book club!
We focus on understanding what's actually happening on the crowded stage of AI: the companies driving the AI race, the decisions being made on our behalf, and what it all means for the rest of us.

Every few weeks, we'll choose and read one book together and talk about it. Bring your thoughts, your questions, your highlighted passages, and your honest reactions.

Our first pick: Empire of AI by Karen Hao, who has worked for The Wall Street Journal and contributes to The Atlantic. She argues that the pursuit of an artificial superintelligence has become its own figurative paper clip factory, devouring too much energy, minerals and human labour. She portrays OpenAI and other companies that make up the fast‑growing A.I. sector as a “modern-day colonial world order.” (excerpt from the NYT review)

What to expect:
A relaxed, semi-structured conversation (around 2 hours).
We'll dig into the themes together, share what stood out, and connect the ideas to what we're actually experiencing.
No expertise required, just read the book and show up curious.

Why a book club? Because some things can't be captured in a headline or a 60-second video. The questions AI raises for our work, our relationships, and our futures deserve more than a scroll. They deserve a real conversation with real people, and a book gives us common ground to start from.

After this first Meetup, you help define what's next! Suggest books that have changed how you think about AI, technology, or what it means to be Human. This is your club.

No tech background needed. Just curiosity and willingness to think out loud with fellow critical thinkers.

Join our LinkedIn Group and Substack for articles, perspectives, and resources between events.

See you there, Your HFH Team!

Humans, together. Nobody is left behind. ❤️