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Palmy Olson’s timely and thorough exploration of the conflict between the founders of artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Google DeepMind, Supremacy, wins Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year awards. Awarded.
The book is the fourth winner in the past five years of the award, which focuses on technology and the business, economic, social and geopolitical implications of the field’s rapid expansion.
Mr Olson accepted the £30,000 prize at a dinner in London on Thursday, which also celebrated the 20th anniversary of the prestigious award.
Thomas Friedman’s globalization anthem “The World Is Flat” was the first winner in 2005. Since then, FT editor Rula Khalaf has told guests: . . From globalization to deglobalization, from the first digital revolution to the AI era. Our understanding of capitalism and markets has also evolved, and our interest in political economy is growing (but) book awards are going even further. ”
In “Supremacy,” Bloomberg columnist Olson focuses on the competition between DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis and his counterpart at OpenAI, Sam Altman. is guessing. Khalaf, who chaired the judging panel, said Olson “masterfully framed the development of artificial intelligence as a thrilling race to master the technology, build a business, and dominate the future of technology.” said.
The book also explores the tension between the entrepreneurs’ lofty initial ambitions to ensure that AI serves the world and the commercial pressures exerted by their deep-pocketed backers, Google and Microsoft. We are also considering.
Another judge, Peter Harrison, former chief executive of Schroders, said the book provided “deep insights into the technologies that define our time that are impossible to find elsewhere”. said.
Previous winners of the award, which is also sponsored by the FT’s Nikkei Shimbun, include Amy Edmondson’s Right Kind of Wrong last year, about how to learn from mistakes and take better risks;・Includes Mr. Miller’s “2022 Chip War,” about the global battle for semiconductors. Nicole Perlloth’s How the World Ends on the Cyber Arms Race of 2021.
The other 2024 finalists are: The 21st Century Enterprise, by John Kay, discusses how the obsession with shareholder value, the knowledge economy, and the digital and services revolution are impacting businesses. Tribal by Michael Morris on tribalism as a potentially positive force. Andrew Scott’s The Longevity Imperative proposes an “eternal challenge” to help us live longer, healthier lives. In Unit X, Raj Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff investigate how technology is changing modern warfare. and “growth.” Daniel Susskind analyzes the tension between the world’s obsession with growth and other societal priorities. Each shortlisted book will receive £10,000.
Other judges for this year’s awards were Mimi Alemayehou, founder and managing partner of Semai Ventures; Daisuke Arakawa, Managing Director of Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Mitchell Baker, Chairman of the Board, Mozilla Corporation. Entrepreneur and angel investor Shelley Coutu. Mohamed El-Erian, President of Queen’s College, University of Cambridge, Advisor to Allianz, Chairman of Gramercy. James Kondo, Chairman of the Board of International House of Japan; Randall Krosner, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Shriti Vadela, chairman of Prudential and the Royal Shakespeare Company;
For more information on this year’s awards and past winners, visit www.ft.com/bookaward.
