# Professor Amy Webb's book, "The Big Nine," is reviewed

1 Faculty News June 21, 2019 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/1eb9652a-22ea-11e9-b20d-5376ca5216eb) -- "Webb’s book at times reads like a thriller in which the ending looks bleak. But she affords us a clear, jargon-free view of the power and potential of AI — and how we as citizens should seek to influence its development — before a coming superintelligence shapes human lives in ways we cannot yet imagine."

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