Does the world need another book warning against AI? Yes and No.
Yes โ because thanks to the NON politically correct attitude, it brings fresh ideas, such as a simple method of how strong AI can be built today! Basically keep a brain alive without a body [yes itโs real """thanks""" to Nenad Sestan], slice it, scan by fMRI, then mechanically copy โneuron by neuronโ (WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING) into a supercomputer. The electric wires are millions of times faster than biological nerves and voilร โ a super-brain! Just like any kid can copy-paste โline by lineโ all the source code of an entire program to a much bigger computer, and then run it, with no need of any knowledge in programming. It sounds appalling to you and me, but superpowers did worse.
No โ because this book is not really a book, itโs an amalgamation of art forms, pastiches of songs, paintings, musicals, all based on famous and popular pieces but given new rhymes, themes and plots so the hard issues of โAI will kill us allโ are made approachable and even fun! Itโs like if you suddenly got uncensored access to a treasure trove of creative campaigns of a lively and bubbly environmental organization, itโs not some boring text โ itโs all the juicy artistic stuff flowing exciting and โundergroundโ style! For example, the idea mentioned above, is presented in a Quentin Tarantino parody screenplay. So it's one big popular arts festival celebrating truth and the courage to tell it!