Mastering Ai (a Survival Guide To Our Superpowered Future)

An urgent book on generative artificial interlligence from one of the top US journalists in the tech field, exploring the risk and benefits looming.

An urgent book on generative artificial intelligence exploring the risk and benefits looming in this seminal moment

''Easily the best exploration to date on the perils and promise of AI.” —ASHLEE VANCE author of When the Heavens Went on Sale

''Mastering AI is a must-read. It’s hard to put down''. —BETHANY McLEAN, coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room and The Big Fail

''A timely and urgent exploration of AI’s dizzying acceleration'' —BRAD STONE, author of The Everything Store

The debut of ChatGPT on November 30th was a watershed moment in the history of technology. We stand on the threshold of a new age — one where content of all kinds, even software itself, will be conjured, seemingly from thin air, with simple conversation.

In a culture fraught with misinformation, Mastering AI pierces through the thicket of exaggerated claims, explaining how we arrived at this moment and mapping the likely long-term impacts on business, economics, culture and society this potent technology will have.

This book will serve as a guide to those dangers — as well as highlighting the technology’s transformative potential — and will pinpoint concrete steps that should be taken to regulate generative AI.

''Striking a balance between bullishness and caution, Kahn sets out a helpful roadmap for harnessing the promise of AI while navigating its perils. The result is one of the more convincing assessments of how AI will transform society.''

Jeremy Kahn is a veteran technology and business journalist who has covered artificial intelligence for more than seven years, first at Bloomberg and then at Fortune.