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Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

by Henry a. Kissinger

AI’s promise and its questions about humanity

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AI’s promise and its questions about humanity

Written by Henry Kissinger with technologists Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt, *Genesis* examines how artificial intelligence could reshape human life. The book considers potential applications to challenges including climate change, geopolitical conflict, and income inequality, alongside concerns about AI’s influence on independent judgment and human agency. It also raises broader questions about humanity’s relationship with the divine and the possibility of a new phase in human evolution. Kissinger and his coauthors frame the discussion as a search for a way to navigate AI’s rise without either uncritical confidence or reflexive fear, making the book both an exploration of the technology and a strategic reflection on its implications.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in AI’s possible social and geopolitical consequences.
  • Readers seeking a broad discussion of technology, human agency, and the future of humanity.
  • Readers interested in perspectives jointly presented by a political figure and technologists.

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Artificial intelligence and societyHuman judgment and agencyTechnology and the future of humanityAI’s potential benefits and risks

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER J.P. MORGAN NEXTLIST SELECTION

In his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joins forces with two leading technologists to mount "a profound exploration" (Walter Isaacson) of the epochal challenges and opportunities presented by the revolution in Artificial Intelligence: a breakthrough that dramatically empowers people in all walks of life while also raising urgent questions about the future of humanity.


As it absorbs data, gains agency, and intermediates between humans and reality, AI (Artificial Intelligence) will help us to address enormous crises, from climate change to geopolitical conflicts to income inequality. It might well solve some of the greatest mysteries of our universe and elevate the human spirit to unimaginable heights. But it will also pose challenges on a scale and of an intensity that we have never seen--usurping our power of independent judgment and action, testing our relationship with the divine, and perhaps even spurring a new phase in human evolution.

The last book of elder statesman Henry Kissinger, written with technologists Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt, Genesis charts a course between blind faith and unjustified fear as it outlines an effective strategy for navigating the age of AI.

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