Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

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THE FOLLOW UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE AGE OF AI

Artificial Intelligence is raising urgent questions about the future of humanity - whose contours and consequences are revealed by three eminent thinkers in Genesis.

AI will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts to income inequality. It might well solve some of the greatest mysteries of our universe, revolutionize fields as diverse as medicine and architecture, and elevate the human spirit to unimaginable heights. But it will also pose challenges on a scale and of an intensity that we have never seen - usurping our power of independent judgment and action, testing our relationship with the divine, and perhaps even spurring a new phase in human evolution. Whom will we choose to lead our species through this wilderness Or have we, passively and unwittingly, already chosen

The last book of elder statesman Henry Kissinger, written with technologists Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie, it prepares the decisionmakers of today - that is, all of us - for the choices of tomorrow, and equips us to seize the opportunities presented by AI without falling prey to the darker forces that this revolution has unleashed. Charting a course between blind faith and unjustified fear, Genesis outlines an effective strategy for navigating the age of AI.

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PRAISE FOR THE AGE OF AI:

It should be read by anyone trying to make sense of geopolitics today

-- Financial Times
PRAISE FOR THE AGE OF AI: A muscular contribution to one of the 21st century's most pressing debates -- The Economist
PRAISE FOR THE AGE OF AI: What it does - and does brilliantly - is illuminate the new problem we have created for ourselves -- Niall Ferguson
PRAISE FOR THE AGE OF AI: Absolutely masterful . . . the book we all need -- Fareed Zakariya

Author Bio

Eric Schmidt (Author)

Eric Schmidt is a technologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Joining the founders of Google in 2001, he helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology, first as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and later as Executive Chairman and Technical Advisor. In 2021, he founded the Special Competitive Studies Project, a non-profit initiative to strengthen America's long-term competitiveness in AI and technology. Most recently, he and his wife Wendy co-founded Schmidt Sciences, a nonprofit organization working to advance science and technology that deepens human understanding of the natural world and develops solutions to global issues.

Henry A. Kissinger (Author)

Henry Kissinger served as the 56th Secretary of State from September 1973 until January 1977. He was a member of the Defense Policy Board and the Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting fi rm. Dr. Kissinger received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977, and the Medal of Liberty in 1986.

Craig Mundie (Author)

Craig Mundie is President of Mundie & Associates, which counsels CEOs on strategic issues caused by rapidly evolving information technologies. At the end of 2014 Mundie retired after a twenty-two-year career at Microsoft. During his transition year he was the Senior Advisor to the CEO, before which he was Chief Research and Strategy Officer since 2007. Mundie was appointed by President Clinton and subsequently served for Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. President Obama appointed him in 2009 to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.