The Last Invention
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
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- Title
- The Last Invention
- Author
- Flavia Colombo
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798257912153
- Item weight
- 181 grams
THE LAST INVENTION The Rise of Super-Intelligence and What It Means for Us Valerio Cirella & Flavia Colombo
What if the most important moment in human history is not coming — but already here?
Not in a secret laboratory or a government bunker. It is happening right now, in the device you are holding, in the algorithms shaping your news feed, in the AI diagnosing diseases and writing code and drafting legal contracts. The revolution has begun — quietly, incrementally, and with a momentum no force on Earth is likely to stop.
The Last Invention — named after I.J. Good's 1965 prophecy that "the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make" — is a rigorous, accessible, and deeply human guide to the most consequential transformation in human history. Written by two technology professionals with over four decades of combined experience at IBM, Accenture, Dell, HubSpot and beyond, this is not speculation. It is the clearest map available of where we are, how fast we are moving, and what comes next.
Across six chapters, the book takes you from the mathematical laws driving exponential technological progress, through the state of the art in artificial intelligence, to the five possible futures awaiting humanity on the other side of the Singularity. It examines the longevity revolution already underway in biotech laboratories, the dissolution of the boundary between human and machine intelligence, and the existential risks — misalignment, power concentration, digital feudalism — that could define the century.
Most urgently, it asks the question that cannot wait: who controls the most powerful tool ever created, and in whose interests will it be used?
This book is for everyone who senses that something fundamental is shifting — the professional worried about their career, the parent thinking about their children's future, the citizen trying to understand forces reshaping society faster than our institutions can respond. No jargon. No science fiction. Just the truth about what is coming — and what we must do about it.
The future is not predetermined. It is written in the choices we make today.
Also available in Italian: L'Alba della Super-Intelligenza — Tecnologia, AI e il Futuro della Società Umana
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