Saswat Sarangi is a theoretical physicist by training with a PhD from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. After his PhD, he was a research scientist at Columbia University, New York City, USA. Saswat started his finance career in New York City working as a Quant at Bloomberg and later at Citigroup. He currently works in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.Pankaj Sharma is an engineer from IIT Kharagpur, India, with an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India. He has more than 15 years of diverse work experience in various leadership roles with global investment banks, Indian equity brokerages, state-owned enterprises and start-ups. Pankaj turned full-time researcher in late 2016 to do in-depth work on contemporary issues. Earlier, he was a ranked Equity Analyst with UBS, Citi and JP Morgan. Pankaj has also been a regular contributor to print and electronic media. Pankaj published his first two books in 2017: Demonetization: Modi’s Political Masterstroke and 2019: Will Modi Win?

• Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. AI – The History and Evolution 2. Why AI is Unlike Any Other Technology 3. Emerging Danger of AI Induced Mass Unemployment 4. The Role of Cheap Capital 5. Ethics of AI and the Need for Regulation 6. Policy Response has to Evolve in Parallel 7. The Asilomar Principles for Artificial Intelligence 8. Discussion on AI Needs to become Mainstream. Epilogue. Index

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