Reading List

The classic, illustrated introduction to AI and superintelligence for complete beginners.

A short, plain-spoken take on why superintelligence may arrive gradually enough for society to adapt.

An optimistic vision of how AI could transform science, health, and human flourishing.

A follow-up exploring why powerful technology goes through a dangerous, awkward phase before maturing.

A detailed scenario mapping out how AI capabilities could develop over the next few years.

Evidence that AI is already doing much of the work of building the next AI, and what happens if that loop speeds up.

Why AI intelligence may be fundamentally unlike ours, and why no lab has yet solved keeping it aligned.

The case for deliberately slowing frontier AI so safety can catch up, and how labs and governments could coordinate it.

Three concrete metrics the public could use to track how fast AI labs are really moving.

The case that AGI is coming fast and the world isn't ready for what follows.

Why simply making neural networks bigger and feeding them more data might be all you need for intelligence.

The 2005 book that predicted accelerating technological change would lead to a transformative moment this century.

A step-by-step guide to meditation that bridges neuroscience and contemplative tradition.

A systematic framework for understanding how meditation actually works.