The Coming Wave Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

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A heartfelt and candid exploration of what the future may hold for us . . . Eloquently articulated. Reading [The Coming Wave], what came to mind was Gramsci s famous adage that what we need is pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. To his great credit, [Mustafa] Suleyman has both. The Guardian

[A] sweeping look at the future of artificial intelligence and other transformative technologies . . . [Mustafa] Suleyman is intimately familiar with the technologies, companies and personalities at the heart of the A.I. revolution. The New York Times

Dazzling . . . You have by now read a great deal of both hype and doom-mongering on the subject [of AI]. But Suleyman s is the book you cannot afford not to read. . . . Brilliant. Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg

Brilliant . . . confronts what may be the most crucial question of our century: How can we ensure that the breathtaking, fast-paced technological revolutions ahead create the world we want? Eric Lander, founding director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

An erudite, clear-eyed guide both to the history of radical technological change and to the deep political challenges that lie ahead. Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize winning historian

Extraordinary . . . utterly unmissable. Eric Schmidt, former CEO, Google

Calm, pragmatic, and deeply ethical . . . enthralling reading. Angela Kane, former UN under-secretary-general

Sharp, compassionate, and uncompromising. Qi Lu, former COO, Baidu; former EVP, Microsoft Bing

Truly remarkable, ambitious, and impossible to ignore . . . a persuasively argued tour de force. Nouriel Roubini, professor emeritus, New York University

A practical and optimistic road map. Stuart Russell, professor of computer science, University of California, Berkeley

A panoramic survey and a clarion call to action . . . Everyone should read it. Fei-Fei Li, co-director, Stanford s Institute for Human-Centered AI

A brave wake-up call . . . indispensable reading. Tristan Harris, co-founder, Center for Humane Technology

An extraordinary and necessary book . . . One leaves energized and thrilled to be alive right now. Alain de Botton, philosopher and bestselling author

Deeply researched and highly relevant. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States

Read this essential book to understand the pace and scale of these technologies. Ian Bremmer, founder, Eurasia Group and bestselling author of The Power of Crisis

Thought-provoking, urgent and written in powerful, highly accessible prose. Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab

Deeply rewarding and consistently astonishing. Stephen Fry, actor, broadcaster and bestselling author

Realistic, deeply informed, and highly accessible. Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University