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What to expect

This is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind.

Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will organise your life, operate your business, and run government services.

None of us are prepared.

Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The next decade, he explains, will be defined by a wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. These will create immense prosperity but also present risks.

How do we ensure the flourishing of humankind? How do we maintain control over these technologies? And how do we find the narrow path to a successful future? In this groundbreaking book we learn how to think about the essential challenge of our age.

Be prepared. Read The Coming Wave.


'If you want to understand the rise of AI, this is the best book to read' BILL GATES
'Important' YUVAL NOAH HARARI
'Astonishing' STEPHEN FRY
'Stunning' RORY STEWART


*An Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, Prospect and Sunday Times Book of the Year*
Shortlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year

©2023 Michael Bhaskar & Mustafa Suleyman (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

Heartfelt and candid … a serious exploration of what the future might hold for us all
Observer
Thoughtful and persuasive
Sunday Times, *Books of the Year*
Confused by the current furore about AI? This book is a good place to start… The Coming Wave is a sweeping account of the latest advances in AI and synthetic biology
Financial Times, *Books of the Year*
A cogent look at the technology’s potential to transform the economy and society, along with the risks of misuse and surveillance
Economist, *Books of the Year*
The rise of AI has led to a rise in books about AI, among the most insightful of which is The Coming Wave
Prospect, *Books of the Year 2023*
Unusually thoughtful, expansive, historically rooted and engagingly written
Washington Post
A genuinely mind-boggling read, setting out the ineluctable forces soon to completely transform politics, society and even the fabric of life itself over the next decade or two
Guardian
Deeply rewarding and consistently astonishing
Stephen Fry
A fascinating, well-written and important book
Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens
A stunning book by a man at the very centre of the AI revolution - realistic, tough-minded [and] charting a meaningful course between AI catastrophe and dystopia
Rory Stewart

User Reviews

Book 4.0
Narration 4.0
Author Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar
Narrator Mustafa Suleyman
Duration 12 hours and 8 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529908855
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Artificial intelligence, Chemical biology, Ethical issues: scientific, technological and medical developments, Impact of science and technology on society, Social forecasting, future studies
Collections Best In Business
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
4.0 (3 reviews)
Narration
4.0 (3 reviews)

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