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The Coming Wave

AI, Power and Our Future: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the ultimate AI insider

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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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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

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It is a great book don't get me wrong. But boy this guy loves to turn a sentence into a page of words. I think the book would be more hard hitting if it lost the waffle so the points could shine through.

Absolutely worth the listen as it has important areas covered but you have to hang in there.

4 hours of repeating points take a toll

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This is a no holds barred study of the future of AI. It is incredibly detailed and yet presented in a way that is accessible to the average listener. It is both fascinating and terrifying and a must read for anyone interested in technology, politics, big commerce and the future of the human race.

One of the best listens this year.

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Brilliant overview of the possibilities and challenges societies face with AI and synthetic biology. If you read one book about technology in 2023 this should be it.

Best book on AI so far

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The next decade or two the human race will need to make so big decisions about AI, automation and bio technology. The time to start is now. This book outlines the risks. This isn’t just new and more advanced technology it’s is about the ability to create systems that are more celebrities and dexterous than us. It’s is about at some point almost all of us having access to the kind of technology only States can have.

Read this book to understand the risks of the future

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Agglomerate of facts and previsions that are more or less obvious for anyone following the topic, still, interesting book. The conclusion is very good (like a slap in the face)

Powerful conclusion

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