The global AI bestseller inspiring US and UK readers.

Written by the Chief Data & AI Officer in one of the largest banks in Asia, an ex-Mckinsey consultant, who served as a Forbes Technology Council member.

This audiobook will help you get ready for the changes coming in the years ahead. Listen now.

Packed with expert insights, the book addresses critical questions: How will AI alter employment, education, and global geopolitics? What ethical dilemmas will arise as humans interlace with AI through cyborgs and synthetic biology? Can we prepare for superintelligence and its utopian—or dystopian—outcomes?

Written for professionals, students, technologists, and all curious minds, this book demystifies complex AI concepts while offering actionable strategies for navigating rapid AI advancements. Drawing on history, economics, and philosophy, it paints a vivid picture of AI’s potential to redefine humanity.

Whether you’re seeking to understand AI’s present or prepare for its future, this indispensable guide equips you to stay ahead in an ever-changing world.

In this book, one of the foremost global experts on artificial intelligence provides profound insights into pressing questions. He explores controversial topics such as superintelligence, synthetic biology, AI’s role in global competition, particularly between the U.S. and China, its impact on future warfare, and its increasing influence on our personal and family life. Will we see true human-cyborg coexistence, potentially altering our species’ evolution? Will artificial intelligence bring about humanity’s extinction, or propel us to unprecedented heights?