The Bitter Struggle: Superintelligence, Superpowers, and the Fate of the World

From two White House veterans, an urgent case for why democracies must achieve preeminence in AI—and a bracing warning about what victory will require

Humanity may soon create AI systems that can outperform humans at virtually every cognitive task. Whoever wields that technology will gain a power unlike any in history. In The Bitter Struggle, Ben Buchanan, who served as the White House Special Advisor for AI, and Tantum Collins, former Director for Technology and National Security, argue tha...