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Book synthesis

6 books to counter Skynet

Not sure where you’re headed? At the very least, here are a few books to offer you some positive reflections on AI, us, and tomorrow, based on lessons learned from Skynet’s dysfunctional behaviors.
Happy reading!

Fusion Strategy

by Vijay Govindarajan and Venkat Venkatraman
Harvard Business Review Press 2024

It’s the fusion of your coffee maker and big data that will bring new ways of doing (business): a smart coffee maker that transmits real-time data about its environment and usage, which is then aggregated with other data, all processed by an AI… This is the fusion between the tangible and the digital… I didn’t understand everything, so it’s better to take a second look.

The Skill Code

by Matt Beane
Harper Business 2024

Frustrated or grumpy about the speed at which your skills and knowledge become obsolete? This book is for you! Learn how to retain and acquire expertise as technology evolves by focusing on three key concepts: deliberate practice, attentive observation, and constructive feedback. In short, a roadmap to stop grumbling.

The AI-Savvy Leader 

by David De Cremer
Harvard Business Review Press 2024

Clueless about AI? In one book and 9 practical strategies, here’s your roadmap, covering everything from understanding technology to ethics and transparency, emphasizing the importance of setting clear objectives and adapting to technological advances, not forgetting training and interdisciplinary collaboration… Or how to turn AI into a strategic asset. Yes, you can do it!

Brave New Words

by Salman Khan
Viking 2024

This essay explores the transformative potential of AI in the educational sector. In clear terms, Khan presents AI as a personal tutor, teaching assistant, and continuous evaluator, serving both students and teachers. Have you got ethical questions about the scope of AI? Khan has thought it through, offering ways to create a more inclusive and effective system with AI.

The Heart and the Chip 

by Daniela Rus and Gregory Mone
Norton & Company 2024

Are robots a source of unemployment and loss of autonomy? Robots wear us out… A roboticist and a science writer team up to explain where robots are taking us, with an optimistic vision of the future where robots coexist with us as tools and partners,

capable of collaboration and empathic interaction. But we need to anticipate and program all this…

AI Needs You 

by Verity Harding
Princeton University Press 2024

Whose fault is it if Skynet(1) takes root? The development and management of AI are indeed our human responsibility. The associated risks must be carefully and proactively addressed, especially through a collaborative approach involving experts, developers, regulators, and civil society. It’s the only way to avoid a 2029 remake for Sarah Connor(2) !


1.2. But how? You haven’t seen “The Terminator” by James Cameron, 1984?

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