"A heartfelt and candid exploration of what the future may hold for us . . . Eloquently articulated. Reading [
The Coming Wave], what came to mind was Gramsci's famous adage that what we need is 'pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.' To his great credit, [Mustafa] Suleyman has both."
--The Guardian "[A] sweeping look at the future of artificial intelligence and other transformative technologies . . . [Mustafa] Suleyman is intimately familiar with the technologies, companies and personalities at the heart of the A.I. revolution."
--The New York Times "Dazzling . . . You have by now read a great deal of both hype and doom-mongering on the subject [of AI]. But Suleyman's is the book you cannot afford not to read. . . . Brilliant."
--Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg "Brilliant . . . confronts what may be the most crucial question of our century: How can we ensure that the breathtaking, fast-paced technological revolutions ahead create the world we want?"
--Eric Lander, founding director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard "An erudite, clear-eyed guide both to the history of radical technological change and to the deep political challenges that lie ahead."
--Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian "Extraordinary . . . utterly unmissable."
--Eric Schmidt, former CEO, Google "Calm, pragmatic, and deeply ethical . . . enthralling reading."
--Angela Kane, former UN under-secretary-general "Sharp, compassionate, and uncompromising."
--Qi Lu, former COO, Baidu; former EVP, Microsoft Bing "Truly remarkable, ambitious, and impossible to ignore . . . a persuasively argued tour de force."
--Nouriel Roubini, professor emeritus, New York University "A practical and optimistic road map."
--Stuart Russell, professor of computer science, University of California, Berkeley "A panoramic survey and a clarion call to action . . . Everyone should read it."
--Fei-Fei Li, co-director, Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered AI "A brave wake-up call . . . indispensable reading."
--Tristan Harris, co-founder, Center for Humane Technology "An extraordinary and necessary book . . . One leaves energized and thrilled to be alive right now."
--Alain de Botton, philosopher and bestselling author "Deeply researched and highly relevant."
--Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States "Read this essential book to understand the pace and scale of these technologies."
--Ian Bremmer, founder, Eurasia Group and bestselling author of The Power of Crisis
"Thought-provoking, urgent and written in powerful, highly accessible prose."
--Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab "Deeply rewarding and consistently astonishing."
--Stephen Fry, actor, broadcaster and bestselling author "Realistic, deeply informed, and highly accessible."
--Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University
