Anita Anand

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5,917 appearances 33 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 3d ago

Anita Anand’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 33 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 10.

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Empire: World History · 382. Empire of AI: Karen Hao On Today’s Hidden Colonialism (Ep 2) · 29 Jul 2026 podcast

So your book opens with a line from Sam Altman and it says, the best way to start a religion is to start a company. voice-verified

Now, was he joking or is this the truest thing he's ever said? voice-verified

A mission. voice-verified

So that's such an important word because that, again... voice-verified

It set bells ringing in my head because I thought, actually, that is exactly East India Company, VOC, you know, all these, the Belgians, for example. voice-verified

They start off with, you know, it's a purely economic venture. voice-verified

You know, they're going out, they're exploring, they're taking land, they're making money, they're sending it back. voice-verified

And then it becomes a civilizing mission, whether it's a mission to spread Christianity or just civilization. voice-verified

And you're saying that is exactly the thing. voice-verified

And that's not just open AI. voice-verified

I mean, that seems to be something I hear from others, too. voice-verified

They're saying they're doing the same thing, but they're at war with each other. voice-verified

And the war isn't just technological. voice-verified

I mean, it's now very nakedly political because you've got these two massive AI giants in the form of voice-verified

anthropic and open AI who are pumping tens of millions of dollars into super PAC. voice-verified

Hundreds of millions and escalating. voice-verified

So, you know, super PACs are these organizations which are not meant to be connected to candidates. voice-verified

A candidate has no say on how they spend the money that they are putting into a campaign, but they inject money. voice-verified

So when it comes to these super PACs, I mean, how much money are we talking about, Karen? voice-verified

And crypto industry, just, you know, you might have had a Bitcoin, other coins do exist, but this is sort of, it's money that you can't hold in your hand and put in your pocket. voice-verified

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