An urgent book on generative artificial intelligence exploring the risk and benefits looming in this seminal moment 'Easily the best exploration to date on the perils and promise of AI." -ASHLEE VANCE author of When the Heavens Went on Sale 'Mastering AI is a must-read. It's hard to put down'. -BETHANY McLEAN, coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room and The Big Fail 'A timely and urgent exploration of AI's dizzying acceleration' -BRAD STONE, author of The Everything Store The debut of ChatGPT on November 30th was a watershed moment in the history of technology. We stand on the threshold of a new age - one where content of all kinds, even software itself, will be conjured, seemingly from thin air, with simple conversation. In a culture fraught with misinformation, Mastering AI pierces through the thicket of exaggerated claims, explaining how we arrived at this moment and mapping the likely long-term impacts on business, economics, culture and society this potent technology will have. This book will serve as a guide to those dangers - as well as highlighting the technology's transformative potential - and will pinpoint concrete steps that should be taken to regulate generative AI.