Written by a military strategist. Get a different perspective on the threats and opportunities represented by AI. While the technology itself is fascinating, the real story is about the humans who own it - and how they intend to recoup the trillions of dollars of investment they are making today.
What if the most human parts of you-your independence, your creativity, your right to hesitate and disagree-are now seen as bugs to be fixed?
The race for AI isn't about creating a robot overlord. It's about a frantic, invisible rewiring of our world, driven by a single goal: efficiency. And in the quest to eliminate friction, your agency is the first thing to go.
This is not a distant threat. It's a reality the author calls the "Productivity Trap."
From the introduction:
"This is the economic condition where the soaring efficiency enabled by AI comes at the direct expense of human agency. The more we ask AI to optimize the economy, the less room there is for friction, disagreement, or delay. The contradictions, hesitations, and independence that make us human are gradually treated as inefficiencies - and the system will do everything it can to reduce them. The danger is not that machines will replace us, but that we will accept a world where the pursuit of efficiency strips away the very independence that makes choice meaningful."
While we're distracted by science fiction, real-world executives and governments are using AI as a tool to carve out power, moving at a speed that has already outpaced our laws and our understanding.
The Oracle, The Agent, and the Librarian is the first book to ignore the hype and focus on the real crisis. It's an urgent and indispensable guide to the choices we must make now to protect human freedom in a world built for algorithms.
Inside, You Will Discover:
The Real Enemy: Why the true threat isn't a rogue AI, but the humans wielding it to pursue power and profit in an unregulated "wild west."
The Agent: A blueprint for a fiercely loyal personal AI designed to be your advocate, protecting your autonomy in a world built to exploit it.
The Librarian: A powerful vision for a public AI that ensures knowledge remains a shared human resource, not a private corporate asset.
A Pragmatic Strategy: A clear roadmap for citizens, leaders, and policymakers to navigate the AI revolution and build a future that enhances human freedom.
We must make informed decisions and build safeguards before AI accelerates beyond our control. The time to act was yesterday. This book shows us how to start today.
