Second paragraph of third chapter:

Technology exists in a complex, dynamic system (the real world), where second-, third-, and nth-order consequences ripple out unpredictably. What on paper looks flawless can behave differently out in the wild, especially when copied and further adapted downstream. What people actually do with your invention, however well intentioned, can never be guaranteed. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph so people could record their thoughts for posterity and to help the blind. He was horrified when most people just wanted to play music. Alfred Nobel intended his explosives to be used only in mining and railway construction.

A book about the transformative potential of AI, which I’m afraid I thought went on a bit about how amazing and societally transcending it is going to be, without really getting much into the detail of what that will look like. The final chapter goes into potential regulatory protections, and I found it rather conservative although clearer. You can get The Coming Wave here.

Really the most important thing about the AI revolution is that China is so far ahead of the rest of us that it may well decisively tilt the global economy to their advantage, especially now that the USA is no longer interested in international co-operation and has declared war on its own smart people.

This was my top unread book by a non-white writer. Next on that pile is The Principle of Moments, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson.