Homo Deus, by Yuval Noah Harari
In keeping with the argumentation style of this book, let’s jump straight to the conclusion.
Rating: Skip it.
I can only presume that Harari bases Homo Deus on a solid foundation of clearly articulated arguments laid out in his earlier book, Sapiens, and that he assumes this justifies his sweeping generalizations and excessive conclusion-jumping in this most recent one. Or, it’s just a badly written book. Regardless, if you want to be scared shitless about our future amongst the artificially intelligent robot nation, then read these two blog entries instead. They are lengthy, but much shorter – and much better – than Harari. If “scared shitless” is not your personal goal, then just read the first one and do not, under any circumstances, read part II.
The AI Revolution Part I: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
The AI Revolution Part II: Abandon hope all ye who enter here.