# Professor Amy Webb's forthcoming book, "The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity," is excerpted

1 Faculty News February 16, 2019 ![WIRED logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032348.jpg?itok=Wszefc-R)>

Excerpt from [WIRED](https://blog.wired.com/story/the-pentagon-needs-to-woo-ai-experts-away-from-big-tech/) -- "Regardless of what orders might be signed or what new strategies are put into action, Washington is going to have a recruitment problem: There just aren’t enough incentives to lure AI talent away from high-paying jobs with great benefits into a life of public service."

[Read more](https://blog.wired.com/story/the-pentagon-needs-to-woo-ai-experts-away-from-big-tech/)