Prologue: A run for the throne -- part I. Divine right -- A civilizing mission -- Nerve center -- Dreams of modernity -- Scale of ambition -- part II. Ascension -- Science in captivity -- Dawn of commerce -- Disaster capitalism -- part III. Gods and demons -- Apex -- Plundered Earth -- The two prophets -- Deliverance -- part IV. The gambit -- Cloak-and-dagger -- Reckoning -- A formula for empire -- Epilogue: How the empire falls

"From a brilliant longtime AI Insider with intimate access to the world of Sam Altman's OpenAI, an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet in real time, from the cockpit of the company that is driving the frenzy"--Dust jacket