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Mustafa Suleyman

    Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
    The Coming Wave: the ground-breaking book from the ultimate AI insider
    Thinking Machine
    The Coming Wave
    • The Coming Wave

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      "We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. None of us are prepared. As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind, part of Google, Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The coming decade, he argues, will be defined by this wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. In The Coming Wave, Suleyman shows how these forces will create immense prosperity but also threaten the nation-state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments sleepwalk into disaster, we face an existential dilemma: unprecedented harms on one side, the threat of overbearing surveillance on the other. Can we forge a narrow path between catastrophe and dystopia? This groundbreaking book from the ultimate AI insider establishes 'the containment problem' -- the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies -- as the essential challenge of our age"--

      The Coming Wave
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    • Thinking Machine

      Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip

      • 288 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Nvidia, now as valuable as Apple and Microsoft, has transformed our world, yet its story remains largely untold. This account chronicles the ascent of one of the greatest technology companies of our time. In June 2024, thirty-one years after its inception in a diner, Nvidia emerged as the most valuable corporation globally. The narrative centers on how a designer of video game equipment dominated the AI hardware market, fundamentally reshaping computing. Central to this success is CEO Jensen Huang, who, over a decade ago, gambled his entire company on AI based on promising scientific results. With unprecedented access to Huang, his associates, investors, and employees, Stephen Witt reveals the company's remarkable rise and Huang's relentless leadership, making him a pivotal figure in Silicon Valley. The account details Nvidia's evolution into a provider of hundred-million-dollar supercomputers and Huang's defiance of Wall Street to realize his radical vision for computing, leading to immense wealth. It also highlights a revolution in computer architecture driven by a small group of innovative engineers. As Huang envisions a 'next industrial revolution' powered by new microchips, the future of AI unfolds with hyper-realistic avatars, autonomous robots, and generative art. This is the story of the company shaping our future.

      Thinking Machine
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    • AI, synthetic biology, and quantum computing are set to transform our world. This insightful book by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, provides a comprehensive understanding of these emerging technologies. Esteemed figures like Yuval Noah Harari and Bill Gates praise it as a vital guide for navigating unprecedented times. As AI becomes integral to daily life—organizing personal affairs, managing businesses, and overseeing government functions—society will also encounter DNA printers, engineered pathogens, and autonomous weapons. Suleyman emphasizes that we are unprepared for these changes. He argues that the next decade will be shaped by rapid advancements that promise prosperity but also pose significant risks to the nation-state and global stability. The book highlights the existential dilemma we face: balancing the potential for unprecedented harm against the dangers of intrusive surveillance. Suleyman introduces the concept of 'the containment problem,' which focuses on maintaining control over powerful technologies as the central challenge of our era. With endorsements from influential thinkers, this groundbreaking work is essential for anyone seeking to understand the implications of the technological revolution and the path forward amidst looming threats.

      The Coming Wave: the ground-breaking book from the ultimate AI insider
      3,8
    • THE FOLLOW UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE AGE OF AI In his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joins forces with two leading technologists to mount a profound exploration of the epochal challenges and opportunities presented by the revolution in Artificial Intelligence. As it absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, AI (Artificial Intelligence) 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 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. The last book of elder statesman Henry Kissinger, written with technologists Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt, Genesis charts a course between blind faith and unjustified fear as it outlines an effective strategy for navigating the age of AI.

      Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
      3,5