Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Soul of Humanity

In his latest book, the late Henry Kissinger teams up with two leading IT engineers and entrepreneurs, Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt, to conduct a "deep exploration" of the epochal challenges and opportunities posed by the revolution in artificial intelligence:... a breakthrough that significantly expands human capabilities in all areas of life and raises pressing questions about the future of humanity. By absorbing data, gaining autonomy, and acting as an intermediary between people and reality, AI will help us cope with enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts and income inequality. It may very well uncover some of the greatest mysteries of our universe and elevate the human spirit to unimaginable heights. But it will also pose challenges of a scale and intensity we have never seen before - the usurpation of our ability to make independent judgments and actions, a reckoning with our relationship with the divine, and perhaps even the dawn of a new stage in human evolution.