NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER-AnurgentwarningoftheunprecedentedrisksthatAIandotherfast-developingtechnologiesposetoglobalorder,andhowwemightcontainthemwhilewehavethechance--fromaco-founderofthepioneeringartificialintelligencecompanyDeepMind“Afascinating,well-written,andimportantbook.“--YuvalNoahHarari“Essentialreading.“--DanielKahneman“Anexcellentguidefornavigatingunprecedentedtimes.“--BillGatesABestBookoftheYear:CNN,Economist,Bloomberg,PoliticoPlaybook,FinancialTimes,TheGuardian,CEOMagazine,Semafor-WinneroftheInc.Non-ObviousBookAward-FinalistforthePorchlightBusinessBookAwardandtheFinancialTimesandSchrodersBusinessBookoftheYearAwardWeareapproachingacriticalthresholdinthehistoryofourspecies.Everythingisabouttochange.SoonyouwilllivesurroundedbyAIs.Theywillorganiseyourlife,operateyourbusiness,andruncoregovernmentservices.YouwillliveinaworldofDNAprintersandquantumcomputers,engineeredpathogensandautonomousweapons,robotassistantsandabundantenergy.Noneofusareprepared.Asco-founderofthepioneeringAIcompanyDeepMind,partofGoogle,MustafaSuleymanhasbeenatthecentreofthisrevolution.Thecomingdecade,heargues,willbedefinedbythiswaveofpowerful,fast-proliferatingnewtechnologies.InTheComingWave,Suleymanshowshowtheseforceswillcreateimmenseprosperitybutalsothreatenthenation-state,thefoundationofglobalorder.Asourfragilegovernmentssleepwalkintodisaster,wefaceanexistentialdilemma:unprecedentedharmsononeside,thethreatofoverbearingsurveillanceontheother.Canweforgeanarrowpathbetweencatastropheanddystopia?ThisgroundbreakingbookfromtheultimateAIinsiderestablishes“thecontainmentproblem“--thetaskofmaintainingcontroloverpowerfultechnologies--astheessentialchallengeofourage.
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