Audiobooks Narrated by Mustafa Suleyman

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power and the Twenty-First Century's Greatest Dilemma

Brought to you by Penguin. A stark and urgent warning on the unprecedented risks that a wave of fast-developing technologies poses to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance-from a cofounder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind We are about to cross a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon we will live surrounded by AIs. They will carry out complex tasks-operating businesses, producing unlimited digital content, running core government services and maintaining infrastructure. This will be a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. It represents nothing less than a step change in human capability. We are not prepared. As cofounder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind, Mustafa Suleyman has been at the center of this revolution, one poised to become the single greatest accelerant of progress in history. The coming decade, he argues, will be defined by this wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. Driven by overwhelming strategic and commercial incentives, these tools will help address our global challenges and create vast wealth-but also upheaval on a once unimaginable scale. In The Coming Wave, Suleyman shows how these forces threaten the grand bargain of the nation state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments sleepwalk into disaster, we face an existential dilemma: unprecedented harms arising from unchecked openness on one side, the threat of overbearing surveillance on the other. Can we forge a narrow path between catastrophe and dystopia? In this groundbreaking book from the ultimate AI insider, Suleyman establishes 'the containment problem'-the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies-as the essential challenge of our age. ©2023 Michael Bhaskar & Mustafa Suleyman (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Michael Bhaskar, Mustafa Suleyman (Author), Mustafa Suleyman (Narrator)

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Morality in the 21st Century: A BBC Radio 4 Philosophy and Ethics Series

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks to the world's leading thinkers about morality today In this fascinating series Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks explores what morality means, speaking with globally renowned thinkers, as well as voices from the next generation. From Steven Pinker and Robert Putnam to Melinda Gates and Jordan Peterson, the guests discuss the free market and the financial crash, selfies and social media, individuals and tribalism, artificial intelligence, role models, and rediscovering politics of the common good. With each topic, Rabbi Sacks also talks with teenagers from Manchester, London and Hertfordshire about how they engage with moral questions, and what they see as the greatest moral struggles that Generation Z will face. Production credits Presented by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Producer: Dan Tierney Series Editor: Christine Morgan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3-7 September 2018 Episode 1: Responsibility How can we pursue our own interests without feeling vulnerable and isolated? With Jordan Peterson, Noreena Hertz, and Michael Sandel. Episode 2: Jordan Peterson Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks to Jordan Peterson, professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and discusses how moral codes are formed. Episode 3: Noreena Hertz Noreena Hertz, economist, author and broadcaster, gives her verdict on the current state of capitalism and explores the failure of markets to deliver moral outcomes. Episode 4: The Selfie Generation How does a culture of selfies impact the way we live our lives? With Jean Twenge, Professor of psychology at San Diego State University, and David Brooks, political and social commentator and author. Episode 5: Jean Twenge Rabbi Sacks meets with Jean Twenge to explore why children with higher internet usage seem to have the lowest outcomes for happiness, resilience and tolerance. Episode 6: David Brooks David Brooks, the New York Times columnist, shares with Rabbi Sacks his thoughts on how individualism has gone too far. Episode 7: Is Society a Myth? What happens when we move from 'we're all in this together' to 'I'm free to be myself'? With Jonathan Haidt, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University, and Robert Putnam, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. Episode 8: Jonathan Haidt Rabbi Sacks talks to Jonathan Haidt, who is concerned about the destructive forms of tribalism in society today. Episode 9: Robert Putnam Why have social bonds collapsed in America, and what does that mean for the rest of the world? Rabbi Sacks and Robert Putnam discuss the importance of social capital. Episode 10: Artificial Intelligence How can humans continue to choose our fate in a world of AI? With Mustafa Suleyman, Co-founder and Head of Applied AI at DeepMind, and Nick Bostrom, Philosophy Professor at the University of Oxford. Episode 11: Mustafa Suleyman Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks to Mustafa Suleyman at one of the world's leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence, and explores the biggest moral questions around AI. Episode 12: Nick Bostrom In a further examination of the moral challenges of AI, Rabbi Sacks talks again with Nick Bostrom, who was one of the first to warn of the dangers of 'superintelligence'. Episode 13: Moral Heroes Who are the role models of the next generation, and do they provide hope for a better, more ethical and more responsible world? With Steven Pinker, Melinda Gates, Michael Sandel, and Jordan Peterson. Episode 14: Steven Pinker and Melinda Gates Rabbi Sacks meets with Steven Pinker to hear his reasons for hope for a better world, and with Melinda Gates to explore the motivations for her philanthropy. Episode 15: Michael Sandel In the final episode, Rabbi Sacks and the world-renowned political philosopher Michael Sandel discuss how we can return to a politics of the common good. © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

Jonathan Sacks (Author), David Brooks, Jonathan Sacks, Jordan Peterson, Melinda Gates, Mustafa Suleyman, Norrena Hertz, Steven Pinker, Various (Narrator)

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