Steven Bartlett with Tristan Harris
This book argues that AI creates a coordination problem: powerful systems are advancing faster than the institutions needed to govern them safely.
Tech CEOs privately fear the AGI they are building but continue because they believe that if they stop, a "worse" actor will build it instead.
Generative AI has hacked language-the operating system of civilization (law, code, religion, relationships)-allowing it to manipulate human behavior at scale.
The path to a dystopian future is not a law of physics; through public pressure, liability, and treaties (like those for nukes or CFCs), we can steer toward safe "narrow" AI.