Introduction: If we don't change course, we will lose society as we know it -- Part I: AI as it is practiced today. The AI we have now -- The AI we have now is not the AI we should want -- The twelve biggest threats of generative AI -- Part II: Matters of politics and rhetoric. The moral descent of Silicon Valley -- How Silicon Valley manipulates public opinion -- How Silicon Valley manipulates government policy -- Part III: What we should insist on. Data rights -- Privacy -- Transparency -- Liability -- AI literacy -- Independent oversight -- Oversight comes in layers -- Incentivizing good AI -- Agile governance and the need for an AI agency -- International AI governance -- Research into genuinely trustworthy AI -- Putting it all together -- Epilogue: What we can do together--a call to action

"An expert on AI safety explains what we must do now to minimize the serious harms and threats that AI poses while realizing its benefits for society"--