Episode
We All Suffer from OpenAI’s Pursuit of Scale w/ Karen Hao [Replay]
Tech Won't Save Us · Jan 8, 2026 · 54 min
Paris Marx is joined by Karen Hao to discuss how Sam Altman’s goal of scale at all costs has spawned a new empire founded on exploitation of people and the environment, resulting in not only the loss of valuable research into more inventive AI systems, but also exacerbated data privacy issues, intellectual property erosion, and the perpetuation of surveillance capitalism. Karen Hao is an…