[An] authoritative, coruscating analysis of [AI s] current and future significance Andrew Robinson, Nature
Introduction 1 I Ignition 1 Data 13 2 Algorithm 33 3 Compute 59 4 Failure 83 II Fuel 5 Inventing 107 6 Killing 135 7 Hacking 157 8 Lying 183 III Wildfire 9 Fear 211 10 Hope 231 Acknowledgments 251 Notes 255 Index 317
Ben Buchanan is on leave from his professorship at Georgetown University to serve in the Biden-Harris Administration as the Assistant Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Previously, he was also a Senior Faculty Fellow and Director of the CyberAI Project at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) at Georgetown. He is the author of The Hacker and the State and The Cybersecurity Dilemma.
Andrew Imbrie is a Senior Fellow at CSET. He is currently on leave from Georgetown while serving in the State Department. He is the author of Power on the Precipice.
The views and opinions expressed in this book are the authors alone and do not necessarily represent the views of the US government or Department of State. The New Fire was completed prior to their entry into government service