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Superagency

What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future

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Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller.

Tech visionary and co-founder of Manas AI Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities.

"An essential companion."—Fei-Fei Li

"An important read."—Bill Gates

"Brilliant mind. Compassionate heart. Bold ideas…Read this book!”—Van Jones

"Refreshingly optimistic and welcome perspective."—Ariana Huffington

"A fascinating and insightful book."—Yuval Noah Harari

As taught at UPenn's Wharton and Stanford.

Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society as a whole.

Imagine AI tutors personalizing education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals. Hoffman and co-author, tech and culture writer Greg Beato envision a world where these possibilities, and many more, become a reality.

Superagency challenges conventional fears, inviting us to view the future through a lens of opportunity, rather than fear. It’s a call to action—to embrace AI with excitement and actively shape a world where human ingenuity and the power of AI combine to create something extraordinary.

Entrepreneur Reid Hoffman is a co-founder of LinkedIn, Inflection AI, and Manas AI. He is also host of the podcasts Possible and Masters of Scale.

©2025 Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio
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Dull rosy view of the near future of AI. Not particularly informative or interesting. There are much better books of this topic.

Evangelical manifesto

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What a Waste of Time.. glad I got this for free.. don't bother reading it it's utterly useless and uninformative

absolutely nothing

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The analysis is simplistic (almost insultingly so), unbalanced and weak. Sweeping proclamations are set out as legitimate comparisons. Historical examples are referenced without realistic context and the analysis is extremely biased. Even if you start out agreeing with the premise, as I did, the enthusiastic dollops of glossy upside give you renewed pause to wonder - who profits most from believing this?
Very much not recommended.

This is not a good or useful book.

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