About this episode

Claire Mabey discusses her recent readings including 'Empire of AI' by Karen Hao.

Verb Wellington's Claire Mabey chats to Jesse about what she's been reading: Empire of AI by Karen Hao The Other Catherine by Lauren Keenan Hekate by Nikita Gill

People in this episode

Host: Jesse

Guest: Claire Mabey

Topics covered

• book review
• artificial intelligence
• literature
• reading recommendations
• author discussion

Keywords

• Empire of AI
• Karen Hao
• book review
• literature
• reading recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Empire of AI, The Other Catherine, Hekate

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