The coming wave technology, power, and the twenty-first century's greatest dilemma

"We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon 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, eng...

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Main Authors: Suleyman, Mustafa (Author), Bhaskar, Michael (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crown, [2023]
Edition: First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Containment is not possible
  • Part I: Homo technologicus. Endless proliferation
  • The containment problem
  • Part II: The next wave. The technology of intelligence
  • The technology of life
  • The wider wave
  • Four features of the coming wave
  • Unstoppable incentives
  • Part III: States of failure. The grand bargain
  • Fragility amplifiers
  • The future of nations
  • The dilemma
  • Part IV: Through the wave. Containment must be possible
  • Ten steps toward containment
  • Life after the anthropocene.