A handful of companies are racing to build machines that surpass human intelligence, and the economic shockwaves are already being felt. Some economists predict an explosion of growth; others warn of mass job losses and wealth concentrated in ever fewer hands. Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Sebastian Mallaby's recent biography of Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis gave him inside access to the minds and institutions creating the technology. Chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, Martin Wolf, argues this technology is changing our economies faster than we can manage. Join them to explore the latest in the pursuit of superintelligence, and the economic shifts that are inescapable for all of us.

“Martin Wolf is our wisest, most acute, and most experienced commentator." – Angus Deaton

"[Sebastian is] not just a marvelous writer. He's also a marvelous expositor." – Larry Kotlikoff