Books by Parmy Olson
“She’s a Bloomberg columnist. In her columns, she has written about the subject of this book, which is the battle between Demis Hassabis, the founder of DeepMind, now part of Google, and Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, which is strongly allied with Microsoft. It’s about their rivalry to find a way to apply generative AI—and AI more generally—in a world-changing way. Her line is that Altman and Hassabis had a vision of a world-altering technology, and the ability to bring it into being, but that they have been corralled by corporate interests so that it’s become a commercial product.” Read more...
The Best Business Books of 2024: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award
Andrew Hill, Journalist
Interviews where books by Parmy Olson were recommended
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The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrongfnew ec
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Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together
by Michael Morris -
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Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
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The Longevity Imperative: Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives
by Andrew Scott -
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Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
by Christopher Kirchhoff & Raj Shah -
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Growth: A History and a Reckoning
by Daniel Susskind
The Best Business Books of 2024: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
The Best Business Books of 2024: the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
From how to channel the tribal instincts innate to Homo sapiens to the role of Silicon Valley in the future of warfare, the Financial Times book award—now in its 20th year—has a broad definition of what makes a good business book. FT journalist Andrew Hill, the prize’s organizer, talks us through the six excellent books that made the 2024 shortlist.
