A con book， leveraging the agency hype and writers name to sell and I am very frustrated I was lured to buy the book。 Very unstructured and listing irrelevant AI subjects to make up the page number。 Do not waste your time if you would like to learn about AI agency。

Greg Beato is one of my favorite writers， dating back to the 1990's when we had the same stomping grounds。 He was an inspired choice to bring to life Reid Hoffman's compelling arguments。 Greg Beato is one of my favorite writers， dating back to the 1990's when we had the same stomping grounds。 He was an inspired choice to bring to life Reid Hoffman's compelling arguments。 。。。more

Sadly， it is a strong _no_ from me。 I very much vibe and like the techno-humanist-optimistic direction of the book: would subscribe to it myself。 But on many different levels， this is not a good argument in that direction。 To put forward a few:a） the past experiences and successes with LinkedIn do not help the book advance anything and read more like "see， I did a good thing in the past and I still really want it to be relevant"。 Solid editor would have purged that completely。b） the historical p Sadly， it is a strong _no_ from me。 I very much vibe and like the techno-humanist-optimistic direction of the book: would subscribe to it myself。 But on many different levels， this is not a good argument in that direction。 To put forward a few:a） the past experiences and successes with LinkedIn do not help the book advance anything and read more like "see， I did a good thing in the past and I still really want it to be relevant"。 Solid editor would have purged that completely。b） the historical parallels are simply bad。 It´s good that the author have read Blood in the Machine （really， its a great book）， but the existential angst and intellectual AI safety fears have completely different mechanisms and dynamics than the bloody and very grassroot Luddite movement。 Industrialisation and trade laws in Britain are a fascinating topic， but once again， they do not vibe in any way with what we are seeing now。c） the heart of the argument is "technology can be good， even with some wrinkles"。 I wholeheartedly agree！ It can and in most cases， humankind have managed to harness it in a way that brought more benefit than suffering。But this， the central argument of the book， just gets lost behind a lot of namecalling， defensiveness， long stories about _twitter threads_ （not a great sign of signal） and a bit flailing attempts to do something more。 There was a great opportunity to say "hey， these are all the very practical areas where the advancements will have very tangible results， this is how we can think about them": psychohygiene is mentioned， self driving vehicles get a passing notion， but everything else has the same space as passing notions like "I think the whole regulatory dilemma is now completely different， because of Uber" （vulgarised argument ofc， but imho close enough to the book）。What is then completely avoided are the existential risks of AI， the alignment problem， the resource problem， the superpower race， the。。。In the end， as a technooptimist believing in iterative approach to things， I kinda feel the need to say "this was not it， let´s try again"。 。。。more

There is surprisingly only a passing mention of AI agents in a book called Superagency。 Most of its pages are dedicated to retelling the grand past in which market forces led to prosperity and trying to discredit friction to innovation like regulations。 Reid Hoffman says the transition to AI is the “cognitive” industrial revolution and that it will be similarly painful but necessary to keep the US at the top with something better than laws – iterative development。 The same development cycles tha There is surprisingly only a passing mention of AI agents in a book called Superagency。 Most of its pages are dedicated to retelling the grand past in which market forces led to prosperity and trying to discredit friction to innovation like regulations。 Reid Hoffman says the transition to AI is the “cognitive” industrial revolution and that it will be similarly painful but necessary to keep the US at the top with something better than laws – iterative development。 The same development cycles that popularized cars should be applied to AI instead of worrying about safety feature regulations since competition will curb the worst of capitalization。 If you sit on the board of Microsoft and hold the reigns to swathes of venture capital， then his attitude is understandable but for the rest of us in the economic 99% I think that this review on Goodreads， shows him to be a Badreid， unlike one of his other books， Blitzscaling which I gave 4/5 stars。 （I reviewed this book prior to its general publishing date as part of the Wharton course， Leading an AI-Powered Future） 。。。more

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