The title is not an exaggeration. This is a short and accessible explanation of the most important problem in the world: the threat of extinction from superintelligent AI.
This book came out today. I started reading this morning and finished this afternoon. I was excited to read it, to say the least, and Yudkowsky and Soares didn’t disappoint.
If you don’t think AI is the biggest threat facing humanity, read this book. If you do, buy copies for your friends and family. Let’s hope the authors are wrong and fight as if they’re right.