The Coming Wave (Hardback)

Heartfelt and candid … a serious exploration of what the future might hold for us all - Observer

Thoughtful and persuasive - Sunday Times, Books of the Year*

Confused by the current furore about AI? This book is a good place to start… The Coming Wave is a sweeping account of the latest advances in AI and synthetic biology - Financial Times, Books of the Year*

A cogent look at the technology’s potential to transform the economy and society, along with the risks of misuse and surveillance - Economist, Books of the Year*

The rise of AI has led to a rise in books about AI, among the most insightful of which is The Coming Wave - Prospect, Books of the Year 2023*

Unusually thoughtful, expansive, historically rooted and engagingly written - Washington Post

A genuinely mind-boggling read, setting out the ineluctable forces soon to completely transform politics, society and even the fabric of life itself over the next decade or two - Guardian

Deeply rewarding and consistently astonishing - Stephen Fry

A fascinating, well-written and important book - Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens

A stunning book by a man at the very centre of the AI revolution - realistic, tough-minded [and] charting a meaningful course between AI catastrophe and dystopia - Rory Stewart

Rich with interesting facts, arresting arguments, and compelling observations, it is essential reading - Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking Fast and Slow

An extraordinary and necessary book ... one leaves energised and thrilled to be alive right now - Alain de Botton, author and philosopher

An excellent guide for navigating unprecedented times - Bill Gates

Extraordinary ... utterly unmissable - Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and author of The Age of AI

This vital book is inspiring and terrifying ... we need to read it and act on it - David Miliband, former UK Foreign Secretary

An erudite, clear-eyed guide both to the history of radical technological change and to the deep political challenges that lie ahead - Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy

Read this essential book to understand the pace and scale of these technologies - Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group and author of The Power of Crisis

Honest, passionate and unafraid to confront what is clearly one of the great challenges our species will face this century - Andrew McAfee, author of the The Geek Way

A much-needed dose of specificity, realism, and clarity - Martha Minow, professor at Harvard Law School

Incredibly compelling - Bruce Schneier, author of A Hacker's Mind

Thought-provoking, urgent and written in powerful, highly accessible prose - Erik Brynjolsson, author of The Second Machine Age

Deeply researched and highly relevant - Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States

Suleyman proposes an urgent agenda of actions governments must take now - Graham Allison, professor at Harvard University

Calm, pragmatic, and deeply ethical ... enthralling reading - Angela Kane, Former UN Under Secretary General

Deeply thoughtful ... meticulously researched and packed with original insights - Jason Matheny, CEO of RAND

A fantastically clear, energetic, well-researched and readable book from the frontline of the greatest technological revolution of our times - Sir Geoff Mulgan, professor at UCL

The best analysis yet of what AI means for the future of humanity. Mustafa Suleyman [is] one of the most important voices on the coming wave of technologies that will shape our world - Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn

A practical and optimistic road map - Stuart Russell, author of Human Compatible

A brave wake-up call ... Indispensable reading - Tristan Harris, executive director of the Centre for Humane Technology

A panoramic survey and a clarion call to action ... Everyone should read it - Fei-Fei Li, professor at Stanford University