Another phase of reckoning has been reached in the life of mankind .

Artificial intelligence has splattered across our life and we are acknowledging its reach ,scale and power .from the War fields to Manufacturing to Operation theaters to our farms artificial intelligence’s power is felt.

Science and technology is existential for human beings and as far as we remember , there has been multiple transformative points in human history , which has changed our lives beyond recognition like discovery of fire , wheel , steam engine ,electricity , motor vehicle

As this transformative wave of technology, of the twenty first century ,has already been sighted in the horizon, the authors give us a kaleidoscopic peek into a world in their book .

The Coming wave is a brilliant academic endeavor .

As we wander into his Magical world , without our 3D glasses ,we can generate powerful text to speech synthetic voices in more than 100 languages .There’s a promise of 40%reduction in energy for cooking , clean energy , sustainable and versatile building material and multitude of other projects , which would touch and change our lives forever .

Authors , Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar , co authored this book .

Mustafa Suleyman is the Cofounder and CEO of Inflection AI .He had also cofounded Deep Mind , one of the world’s leading AI company .

Michael Bhaskar , is a writer and publisher based in the UK .

Author emphasizes on two most important important technological breakthroughs ,Artificial intelligence and Synthetic biology

“Artificial intelligence ” tries to replicate human intelligence .CHAT GPT – has already taken our world by storm .Give it the right cues and it would answer back in a detailed prosaic form

Language models have been developed which can write “music , invent games , play chess and solve mathematical problems” , with minimal human oversight .

Similarly in the world of Human genetics , “Human genomic project “-where the full genetic mapping of human being was deciphered and CRISPR -gene editing ,precisely edit genes and modify .As a result , we can order flora and fauna , even human beings, with particular traits and characteristics ,treat complex diseases like COVID or cancer and produce disease and drought resistant crops .

We all do realize that these technological waves are essential , for stability , progress , enhancement of comfort , prosperity .

Immense amount of finance , labor , planning has been dedicated in this century for these breakthroughs as , the financial gains are stupendous and technology for most part is driven by power of incentive .

And which gives way to Human Greed .

History has multiple lessons of insatiable human greed for power and wealth , hence authors have emphasized the need for CONTAINMENT .

Containment would be in the form of technical safety ,audits ,Legislatures ,constructive criticism ,incentivizing safety and profit alike ,international alliances , culture of publicly accepting failures ,alignment of goals and perseverance to go ahead as at this point , there is no going back .

Performance of AI is at an unfathomable scale hence the speed and degree of transformation of our world is unimaginable .Regulations are the key to reap its maximum benefit so that its performance can be contained within moral , legal , ethical limits without letting it assume the role of a “monster “

All changes are disruptive but heavily incentivized ones are inevitable . Cautious acceptance is the best approach .

In the coming decades , as we get ready to give up our most prized possession, our intelligence , we need to act equally fast in terms of” Reining in ” before we fall into the category of Endangered or Extinct species .

A very interesting , absorbing and an essential read

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