Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future - Hardcover

by Reid Hoffman (Author), Greg Beato (Author)

Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller.

Tech visionary and co-founder of Manas AI Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider's perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities.

"An essential companion." -- Fei-Fei Li
"An important read." --Bill Gates
"Brilliant mind. Compassionate heart. Bold ideas...Read this book!" --Van Jones
"Refreshingly optimistic and welcome perspective." -- Ariana Huffington
"A fascinating and insightful book." --Yuval Noah Harari

As taught at UPenn's Wharton and Stanford.

Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI's immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society as a whole.

Imagine AI tutors personalizing education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals. Hoffman and co-author, tech and culture writer Greg Beato envision a world where these possibilities, and many more, become a reality.

Superagency challenges conventional fears, inviting us to view the future through a lens of opportunity, rather than fear. It's a call to action - to embrace AI with excitement and actively shape a world where human ingenuity and the power of AI combine to create something extraordinary.

Entrepreneur Reid Hoffman is a co-founder of LinkedIn, Inflection AI, and Manas AI. He is also host of the podcasts Possible and Masters of Scale.

Author Biography

Reid Hoffman is the cofounder of LinkedIn, cofounder of Inflection AI, and a partner at Greylock. He currently serves on the boards of companies such as Aurora, Entrepreneur First, Microsoft, and Nauto. He also serves on nonprofit boards, such as Endeavor, CZI Biohub, Opportunity@Work, and the MacArthur Foundation's Lever for Change. He was an early investor in many of today's best known companies including AirBNB, Facebook, and OpenAI.

He is the cohost of the Masters of Scale and Possible podcasts. He is the coauthor of six best-selling books: The Startup of You, The Alliance, Blitzscaling, Masters of Scale, Impromptu and Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future. He earned a master's degree in philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a bachelor's degree with distinction in symbolic systems from Stanford University.

Greg Beato has been writing about technology and culture since the early days of the World Wide Web. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, Reason, Spin, Slate, Buzzfeed, The Guardian, and more than 100 other publications worldwide.