The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Greatest Dilemma
Sweeping, thought-provoking ... I find Suleyman’s framing quite reasonable and helpful ... Compelling ... It is particularly impressive — and welcome — that Suleyman includes a wide-ranging and thoughtful discussion on concrete, practical steps we can take. His suggestions are remarkably broad and balanced ... A much-needed — and unusually thoughtful, expansive, historically rooted and engagingly written — guide.
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Suleyman knows a thing or two about emerging technology ... He advocates pressure at critical choke points ... Even if Mr. Suleyman’s timing is off, his sense of the future seems directionally correct: AI and synthetic biology are creating transformative opportunities and existential dangers. As he plaintively asserts, now is the time to reckon with both possibilities.
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The bad news is that Suleyman’s solution is effectively a utopian dream. He knows this, which is why there is an anguished undertone in the final chapters of the book ... Still, to his credit, he sticks to his guns to the end, winding up with a 10-step plan for containment, all of which makes sense and is eloquently articulated.
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