Karen Hao

I mean, they are purposely trying to create this this.

feeling within the public that they are, because it is a crucial part of their power.

But do they, if we were to define

Just do they realize that the things that they're doing are having already really harmful impacts all around the world on vulnerable people, vulnerable communities, vulnerable countries?

That's where I'm like, maybe yes, maybe no.

And they don't really care because in the frame of mind, like I sometimes use the analogy that the AI world is like Dune.

Science fiction epic written by Frank Herbert.

And it's set in this intergalactic era where there are all these houses and they're fighting each other for spice.

So it's a callback to colonialism and empire.

And they all are trying to control the spice.

But one of the features of this story is that there are these myths that are seeded on the different planets about a religious myth, basically, about the coming of the Messiah that are used as ways to control the people.

And Paul Atreides, when he arrives at the planet Arrakis with the intention of trying to then fight against the empire and avenge his father's death...

he steps into a myth that has been seeded on this planet that says that one day there will be a Messiah that comes and saves the planet.

So he steps into the role of the Messiah and leans into this idea in order to better control the people and rally them behind him as a leader to help with this quest.

He knows that it's a myth in the beginning, but because he lives and breathes and embodies it,

it kind of starts to blur in his mind whether this is really a myth or whether he's really the Messiah.

And this is what I think happens in the AI world.

On one hand, there are all these executives that

actively engage in myth-making because, you know, I have all these internal documents that I write about in the book where they are very keenly aware of how to bring the public along with them by showing them dazzling demonstrations of the technology, by using, crafting a mission that will sound really good and make people laugh.

give more leniency to their companies.