'A fascinating and delightfully written book about some very smart people who may not or may
be about to transform humanity forever' JON RONSON'Beautifully written and with wonderful
humour this is a thrilling adventure story of our own future' LEWIS DARTNELL author of THE
KNOWLEDGE and ORIGINSAre paperclips going to destroy life as we know it?What can Mickey Mouse
teach us about how to programme AI?Could a more rational approach to life be what saves us
all?This is a book about about a community of people who are trying to think rationally about
intelligence and what insight they can and can't give us about the future of the human race. It
explains why these people are worried about an AI apocalypse why they might be right and why
they might be wrong. It is a book about the cutting edge of our thinking on intelligence and
rationality right now by the people who stay up all night worrying about it.
