Episode · Breaking Points · 2026-09-01
Books mentioned on Trump: Rural Americans 'BACKWARDS, POOR' For Rejecting Data Centers
Emily Jashinsky criticized Empire of AI by Karen Hao.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Empire of AI
Empire of AI by Karen Hao is a work of investigative journalism detailing the operations, material realities, and human costs behind the artificial intelligence boom and companies like OpenAI.
Critiqued“Karen Hao wrote that book, Empire. By the way, Karen, if you're watching, we've been trying to get you on the show, so I'd really like to get you here. And this is in no way like a total criticism, but you made an error in your book”
Where to get it
