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The Coming Wave

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The Coming Wave

By: Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar
Narrated by: Mustafa Suleyman
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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

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Critic Reviews

Heartfelt and candid … a serious exploration of what the future might hold for us all
Thoughtful and persuasive
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
A cogent look at the technology’s potential to transform the economy and society, along with the risks of misuse and surveillance
The rise of AI has led to a rise in books about AI, among the most insightful of which is The Coming Wave
Unusually thoughtful, expansive, historically rooted and engagingly written
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
Deeply rewarding and consistently astonishing
A fascinating, well-written and important book
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
All stars
Most relevant
Confronting but I think spot on there needs to be action on the global scale to consider what is happening and how we can best contain it so that everyone can benefit. Let’s not be ignorant.

Time to act. Create a we.

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Equally inspiring and terrifying. On the one hand AI sounds like the answer to all the worlds problems, and on the other hand, a totalitarian dystopian surely awaits. Suleyman is not afraid to lay out all the possibilities of the coming wave (that can sometimes read as a playbook for ‘bad actors’ to use the technologies against the masses). It’s a lot to take in. I am listening out of a sense of duty as I think it’s better to know what’s coming, but if you’re already anxious about the future, listen with care!

Not for the feint of heart!!

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Incredible book. Really well orchestrated, historically backed up with many meaningful anecdotes and personal insight. This information is very relevant and worth understanding . Especially how multiple streams of high tech and the environment in which they thrive are inexorably coming together. The author reads this and the seriousness is in his voice. Best read I’ve had in many years.

I was indifferent to AI before this….was

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Great book, accessible and insightful. Would highly recommend this to anyone interested in the future of ai

Illuminating

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Loved it. This book is perfect for someone wanting to get a glimpse into the future… and gets you thinking about how your life will be changed in the years to come.

Eye opening!

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