How Ai Will Shape Our Future

The global AI bestseller inspiring US and UK readers.

Written by the Chief Data & AI Officer in one of the largest banks in Asia, an ex-Mckinsey consultant, who served at Forbes Technology Council.

“A unique perspective that combines technology, economics, geopolitics, and history.”—PASCAL BORNET, tech influencer, 2 million followers

This book will help you get ready for the changes coming in the years ahead. Read it now.


Packed with expert insights, the book addresses critical questions: How will AI alter employment, education, and global geopolitics? What ethical dilemmas will arise as humans interlace with AI through cyborgs and synthetic biology? Can we prepare for superintelligence and its utopian—or dystopian—outcomes?

Written for professionals, students, technologists, and all curious minds, this book demystifies complex AI concepts while offering actionable strategies for navigating rapid AI advancements. Drawing on history, economics, and philosophy, it paints a vivid picture of AI's potential to redefine humanity.

Whether you’re seeking to understand AI’s present or prepare for its future, this indispensable guide equips you to stay ahead in an ever-changing world.

In this book, one of the foremost global experts on artificial intelligence provides profound insights into pressing questions. He explores controversial topics such as superintelligence, synthetic biology, AI’s role in global competition, particularly between the U.S. and China, its impact on future warfare, and its increasing influence on our personal and family life. Will we see true human-cyborg coexistence, potentially altering our species' evolution? Will artificial intelligence bring about humanity’s extinction, or propel us to unprecedented heights?

Get a fresh perspective and explore approaches that will empower and inspire you to innovate and thrive in the face of AI's inevitable reality.


Key Themes:

• Humanity interlaces with AI: AI is our new mind. Robotics, our new body. How are we becoming a new species at the intersection of carbon and silicon?
• AI gets exponential: Artificial General Intelligence. Humanoids and cyborgs. Synthetic biology. Quantum computing. Mind emulation. How will they unfold?
• AI authoritarianism: AI will render truth obsolete, freedom redefined, and job scarcity ubiquitous. Can we still shape AI for the benefit of all?
• Geopolitics supercharged: Super Intelligence will be worshiped. China and America will clash over their views on AI. Politics will be centered on species identities.
• Humanity’s greatest epic: From Mythology to Kubrick. From Aristotle to Sam Altman. From Leonardo to Boston Dynamics. From today to Superintelligence.
• Stay ahead with AI: Critical thinking. Adaptability. Entrepreneurship.

Praise for this Book:

"A factual and comprehensive exploration of artificial intelligence, meticulously researched with detailed references on each topic, providing readers with a deep understanding of AI."

"AI Magnum Opus! What an in-depth and thorough volume on AI. Vast in its breadth and intelligent insights."

"Thought-provoking and grounded in years of global experience with AI technology. Highly recommended!"

"Masterfully dissects the complex concepts of AI into easily digestible parts, making them accessible to readers of all levels."

Pedro Uria-Recio (born in Bilbao in 1980) is a Spanish business executive and an expert in AI currently residing in Southeast Asia. Pedro was the Chief Analytics and AI Officer at True Corporation, a prominent telecommunications company in Thailand. There, he oversaw analytics and AI initiatives for the digital segment of the business, leading a unit that utilized telecommunications data to develop corporate solutions in advertising, credit scoring, and consumer intelligence. Additionally, he serves as a visiting lecturer in AI for business at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Before his tenure at True Corporation, Pedro was Vice President of Analytics at Axiata, a digital and telecommunications conglomerate operating in six Asian markets. Previously, he worked as a management consultant at McKinsey, focusing on telecommunications and financial services. Pedro has a strong interest in entrepreneurship and served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Antler, a venture capital studio in Singapore. He is also an official member and contributor to the Forbes Technology Council and has been a speaker at two TEDx events. He was recognized as one of the Top 100 Global Innovators in Data and Analytics in 2020 and received the Cloudera Industry Transformation Award in 2019. Pedro holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a telecommunications engineering degree from the School of Engineers in Bilbao.