Ray Kurzweil – The singularity is nearer
The book feels as if it is written for a different age than the current one in which the most relevant challenges in AI are not about the theoretical fronteir but about real-world implementation.
To contain AI (and synthetic biology), humanity should bet on regulation
Mustafa Suleyman – The coming wave
In the light of the message of the book, the writer’s move to join Microsoft as AI chief in early 2024 was surprising.
The US is losing out in AI, due to a lack of long-term vision and direction
The book’s set-up with multiple scenarios for the future works surprisingly well and is especiall concerning for European readers: Europe is almost completely irrelevant in all of Webb’s scenarios.
You are the raw material of capitalists trading in futures on human behavior
Shoshana Zuboff – Surveillance capitalism
There is a tendency in critiques of ‘big tech’ to underestimate the long-term resilliance of mankind; although that does not render the argument invalid.