{"product_id":"the-coming-wave-technology-power-and-the-twenty-first-centurys-greatest-dilemma-9780593593950","title":"The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Greatest Dilemma","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that a wave of fast-developing technologies poses to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance--from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fascinating, well-written, and important book.\"--Yuval Noah Harari\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Essential reading.\"--Daniel Kahneman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An excellent guide for navigating unprecedented times.\"--Bill Gates\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNone of us are prepared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind, part of Google, Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The coming decade, he argues, will be defined by this wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Wave\u003c\/i\u003e, Suleyman shows how these forces will create immense prosperity but also threaten the nation-state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments sleepwalk into disaster, we face an existential dilemma: unprecedented harms on one side, the threat of overbearing surveillance on the other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan we forge a narrow path between catastrophe and dystopia? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis groundbreaking book from the ultimate AI insider establishes \"the containment problem\"--the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies--as the essential challenge of our age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593593950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mustafa Suleyman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040189481141,"sku":"9780593593950","price":27.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0a90f825-e843-4ea0-afeb-f4ce42fc2735.jpg?v=1689086534","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-coming-wave-technology-power-and-the-twenty-first-centurys-greatest-dilemma-9780593593950","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}