Are we ready for AI?

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The Coming Wave is a cautionary tale by Mustafa Suleyman , the co-founder of Google subsidiary DeepMind and startup Inflection AI . As someone who has been at the heart of the sweeping changes that will soon upend life as we know it, Suleyman knows what he’s talking about. Specifically, he’s concerned about how humanity is not equipped to harness the “coming wave”: A bundle of technologies which “will both empower humankind and present unprecedented risks,” as he explains in the book’s introductory glossary. The nation-state is particularly at risk, Suleyman believes, as it is unaware of — and therefore unprepared for — the magnitude of changes that lie ahead. If you are interested in reading more about the risks of this tech, or want to see it from the other side of the fence, then this book can serve as an informative starting point.