The unstoppable wave

We are approaching a critical point in the history of our species. Everything will change soon.

Soon you will live surrounded by artificial intelligence. It will organize your life, manage your business, and run essential government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robotic assistants and abundant energy.

None of us are ready for this.

Mustafa Suleyman is at the center of this revolution as co-founder of the pioneering company DeepMind, which is part of Google. The coming decade, he says, will be defined by this wave of powerful, rapidly spreading new technologies.

In The Unstoppable Wave, Suleyman shows how these forces will create enormous prosperity but also threaten the nation-state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments spiral toward disaster, we face an existential dilemma: on the one hand, unprecedented damage, on the other, the threat of overbearing surveillance.

Can we navigate our way between disaster and dystopia?

This groundbreaking book from a renowned AI expert identifies the " containment problem" —the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies—as the fundamental challenge of our time.

So let' s get ready for the biggest revolution of the 21st century!

" The Unstoppable Wave is a fascinating, well-written, and important book. It examines the existential dangers posed to humanity by artificial intelligence and biotechnology and offers practical solutions to counter this threat. The coming wave of technology promises to give humanity divine creative abilities, but if we don' t approach it wisely, it could destroy us. ”

–Yuval Noah Harari, New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens

“This doomsday warning alerts readers to what is coming and what global economic and political consequences it is likely to bring. This truly remarkable book is ambitious and cannot be ignored. It is a compellingly argued work by a leading expert in the field that will influence your view of the future – and change your understanding of the present. ”

–Nouriel Roubini, professor emeritus at New York University

“Mustafa Suleyman has fundamental insight as a technologist, entrepreneur and visionary. " Well-researched and highly topical, this book provides a compelling insight into the most important challenges of our time. "

–Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States

" In this bold book, Mustafa Suleyman, one of the true experts on high technology, addresses the most important paradox of our time: We must master unmanageable technologies. As he explains, generative artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, robotics, and other innovations are improving and spreading rapidly. They bring great benefits, but also real and growing risks. Suleyman is wise enough to to know that there is no simple three-point plan, how to manage these risks, and brave enough to to tell us. This book is honest, passionate, and unafraid to name what will clearly be one of the greatest challenges humanity will face this century. Thanks to Suleyman, we know what the situation is and what our options are. Now it is up to us to act. ”

–Andrew McAfee, Senior Scientist at MIT Sloan, author of The Geek Way

“The AI revolution is in full swing, but how well do we really understand it? The Unstoppable Wave is an erudite guide not only to the history of radical technological change, but also to the profound political challenges that lie ahead. ”

–Anne Applebaum, historian and Pulitzer Prize winner

" When this book landed in my mailbox, I canceled my schedule and started reading. " Is it