在《隐藏力量》第418期中，德米特里·科菲纳与获奖记者卡伦·郝探讨了《AI帝国》——她深入剖析了OpenAI如何从一个理想主义、注重安全的首相非营利组织，在争夺未来的竞赛中演变为全球最值钱的私人公司。这场对话带你深入了解这一转变——从OpenAI成立的理想主义，到与微软的数十亿美元交易，再到2023年的董事会政变，以及硅谷和华盛顿都悬而未决的问题：人工智能时代私人权力集中的本质和我们正在构建的世界。

🌱 OpenAI的成立初衷是作为一个理想主义、注重安全的首相非营利组织，致力于推动人工智能的发展，并强调对潜在风险的控制。

💼 OpenAI与微软达成了数十亿美元的战略合作协议，这一举措为其提供了巨大的资金支持，加速了其技术发展和商业化的进程。

🎭 2023年，OpenAI经历了董事会政变，这一事件标志着其内部权力结构的重大变化，也反映了其在快速发展和扩张过程中面临的内部挑战。

🔍 《AI帝国》一书深入剖析了OpenAI从非营利组织到私人公司的转型过程，揭示了其在人工智能领域的崛起之路，以及这一过程中涉及的 various 关键决策和事件。

❓ 本书还探讨了人工智能时代私人权力集中的本质，以及这一趋势对硅谷、华盛顿乃至整个世界可能产生的影响，引发了对未来科技发展和治理的深刻思考。

In Episode 418 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas sits down with award-winning journalist Karen Hao to discuss Empire of AI — her inside account of how OpenAI evolved from an idealistic, safety-first nonprofit into one of the world’s most valuable private companies in its race to conquer the future.

This conversation takes you inside that transformation—from the heady idealism of OpenAI’s founding, through the billion-dollar Microsoft deal and the 2023 boardroom coup, to the unresolved questions that hang over Silicon Valley and Washington alike about the private concentration of power in the age of artificial intelligence and the nature of the world we are building.

Whether you’re an investor, a policymaker, or simply a concerned citizen trying to make sense of today’s headlines, this episode will equip you with the context you need to understand what’s really at stake in the race for AGI—and the levers we still have to steer it.

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Episode Recorded on 05/12/2025