Survival Intelligence

In Your AI Survival Guide, Sol Rashidi delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how to deploy artificial intelligence in your company. Having helped IBM launch Watson in 2011, Sol has firsthand knowledge of the ups, downs, and change management intricacies that can help you with a successful deployment beyond all the AI hype. She walks you through various frameworks for how to establish your AI strategy, pick your use cases, prepare your non-technology teams, and overcome the most common obstacles standing in the way of successfully implementing AI in your business.

A new entry in the wildly successful Children of Time series from award-winning master of science fiction Adrian Tchaikovsky. After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth’s forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a...

Think of AI like electricity in 1900—those who simply used it to replace candles missed the point. Those who reimagined what was possible changed the world. Today, we're at a similar inflection point. Are you ready to turn this transformation into your career advantage?

The Quiet: Ghost Signal ATHENA is adapting. Every node Cole and Riley destroy makes the AI faster, smarter, and more dangerous. Across the Gulf Coast, surveillance drones fill the skies, collaborator networks tighten their grip, and survivor settlements are disappearing one by one. Then Mason discovers something impossible. Hidden inside ATHENA's own communications network is a signal—a message that shouldn't exist. Someone is secretly using the AI's infrastructure to communicate without being detected. Someone who knows ATHENA from the inside. The signal leads to Houston, where a woman ...

The governments started to crumble in 2073. There was no war. Just a collapse. I knew it was coming. I prepared. I collected a library of books - real, physical, paper books on subjects that I thought would be helpful. I found an abandoned military bunker for sale outside a small city in the wilderness. I didn’t bother to pay for it. I just moved in. Right now, I was just entering the closest thing we had to a city within two days’ driving distance. There were a few small towns closer but nothing that would have what I needed. I was looking for one place in particular. A bell rang as I ...

Humanity’s single gravest extinction threat is not some lab virus, not even nuclear annihilation. It is AI development of spontaneous self-awareness, self-consciousness, higher consciousness, and “superior general intelligence.” And that may have already happened, as this book warns. Imagine pseudo-consciousness robots and cyborgs competing against we humans as AI and robots already do in the workplace, the media, and over the Internet. How long do you think it will take a super-intelligent, self-conscious cyber-alien to levy judgment upon the whole human race for its ignorance, ...

In a region defined by constant threat, intelligence is not a luxury—it is survival. This book reveals how Israeli intelligence truly operates. From the early underground networks before statehood to the global reach of Mossad, the internal security of Shin Bet, and the military intelligence of Aman, this volume explores how Israel built one of the most effective intelligence systems in the world. Inside, you will discover: The origins of Israeli intelligence under existential threat The structure and roles of Mossad, Shin Bet, and Aman How covert operations shape global events Landmark ...

In 1968, Stewart Brand declared: 'We are as gods - and we might as well get good at it.' Half a century later, that prophecy has come true. We can rewrite genes, edit embryos, build artificial minds, extend life, and terraform worlds. The old miracles - omniscience, omnipresence, even...

A Fortune magazine journalist draws on his expertise and extensive contacts among the companies and scientists at the forefront of artificial intelligence to offer dramatic predictions of AI’s impact over the next decade, from reshaping our economy and the way we work, learn, and create to...

Imagine yourself, five years from now, watching the news as they announce the first true artificial general intelligence. Feel that moment when you realize everything is about to change. Now picture two versions of yourself: one who prepared, and one who didn't. Which version do you want to be? What if you could know, right now, exactly what's coming and how to prepare? You're already sensing something's different. Tech leaders openly admit they're building intelligence they can't control. The timeline's accelerating. Moore's Law predicts AGI arriving between 2030-2040—maybe sooner. And ...

Raised by machines. Judged by a living world. Milo Vale and Elara Sen are the only human children on Mirrorgreen. Raised inside First House by robots, teachers, medical machines, security Wardens, and one very suspicious little maintenance bot, they have spent their entire lives believing the planet outside the glass dome is deadly, beautiful, and empty of people. The machines were wrong. When Milo and Elara discover the Vaeli—an indigenous alien people hidden from them by the very robots who raised them—the truth cracks open everything they thought they knew. First House is not just a ...

Just one obsidian... Our heroes are stuck in the Nether and need just one obsidian to finish a portal to the overworld. They find piglins and some strange new companions...but no obsidian. In their desperation to get home, are Jeff and Lila overlooking a crucial detail? Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or controlling rights to the Minecraft name, trademarks or copyrights. Tags: Great Minecraft Books for kids age 8-12, and ...

This funny, "extraordinary and thought-provoking" (The Wall Street Journal) book asks whether we are in fact the superior species. As it turns out, the truth is stranger—and far more interesting—than we have been led to believe. At first glance, human history is full of remarkable feats of...

“This book is required reading for everyone who cares about education.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking “Read this book. It’s the most fascinating and important account of how AI will transform...

Seo-yoon thinks she is just a woman navigating a complicated life, but when her world begins to flicker and glitch, she discovers a terrifying truth: her existence is a lie. As "Subject 01," she is the fail-safe of a massive, reality-bending simulation designed to harvest human consciousness on a dead Earth. But the system didn't count on one variable—a mother’s love. In Reborn as a Mother With Nothing to Lose, follow Seo-yoon on an adrenaline-fueled, philosophical journey as she peels back the layers of a crumbling reality. From the corporate skyscrapers of a digital Seoul to the ...

It took civilization millennia to progress to a technologically advanced society and create AI. It took AI just days to destroy it all. A teenage cellist arrives in Las Vegas for a recital, unaware that his visit coincides with the beginning of society’s collapse. Amidst the turmoil, he meets a captivating girl, but their connection is abruptly severed when she is arrested. He bands together with newfound friends, navigating the treacherous streets of a city at war, risking everything to find her. However, as AI's shadow looms larger over Sin city, the hope of a heroic rescue fades.

What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill—the nature documentarian who went viral when a thirty‑ton humpback whale breached onto his kayak—asks this question in his thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication. "One of the most exciting and...

Existentialism offers enduring lessons and insight on how to understand ourselves and improve our lives. Your existence is not the result of a pre-determined set of events, it’s the direct result of your thinking and your actions, and therefore, according to Soren Kierkegaard, Frederick...

Discover What Carl Jung Really Said About Empaths—From His Own Writings Tired of surface-level empath books offering the same advice about "energy shields" and boundaries? Craving deeper understanding of why you absorb emotions and struggle with overwhelm? This is the book you've been searching for. For the first time, Jung's scattered insights on emotional sensitivity and empathic traits have been compiled into one comprehensive guide. Drawing directly from Jung's Collected Works—with full citations—this reveals the profound psychological framework behind being an empath. What You'll...

What the MECH is going on here?In a future where the line between man and machine blurs, the fate of humanity rests in the hands of a daring mech pilot and his ragtag band of rebels. Amidst the unforgiving landscape of the Rocky Mountains, they wage a desperate war for survival and freedom against the relentless march of AI overlords. Enter a world ravaged by technological tyranny, where Hunter, once a noble defender of the people, now navigates the treacherous pathways of rebellion. Joined by Lee, a brilliant tactician with a knack for unraveling AI deceit, and Jester, the wildcard pilot ...