Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having a profound impact on individuals, businesses, and governments, but what is required to get ahead and stay ahead of the curve AI is not well understood. AI Supremacy is a comprehensive guide to AI's impact on a societal and global level, and provides a vision for how AI and machine learning will likely influence the way business is done, societies function, and governments interact in the future.Daniel Wagner, a thought leader in risk management and current affairs, and Keith Furst, an expert in data management and financial crimes, have crafted an insightful, entertaining, and unique book that takes readers on a wild ride through the canyons and valleys of AI to examine many of its most important sub-topics. From globalization to jobs, financial services to the role of governments, the nexus with cyber risk to spying, and from China's quest to international relations, the authors have delved deeply into the subject matter.The race for AI supremacy is about more than establishing a competitive position in the global marketplace for innovative applications and technological prowess - it is about anticipation, adopting the right mind set, and having the right resources, a futuristic orientation, and the ability to execute. While few organizations and governments have achieved the right mix to lead in the race for AI supremacy, those that have already possess a substantial lead. Those that have not are simply falling further and further behind.Can those that are not already in the race, get in the race with any realistic hope of catching up? Can those who are already in the race ever catch up with the leaders? Who will win in the end? Should AI be feared or embraced? These are among the many questions Wagner and Furst explore in this enticing book.
About the Author: Daniel Wagner Daniel Wagner is the founder and CEO of Country Risk Solutions and has three decades of experience managing cross-border risk in the private and public sectors. Daniel began his career at AIG in New York and then spent five years as Guarantee Officer for the Asia Region at the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency in Washington, DC. After serving as Regional Manager for Political Risks for Southeast Asia and Greater China for AIG in Singapore, Daniel moved to Manila, where he served in several capacities in the Asian Development Bank's Office of Co-financing Operations. He then became Senior Vice President of Country Risk at GE Energy Financial Services. Daniel has published 600+ articles on current affairs and risk management and is a regular contributor to the South China Morning Post, Sunday Guardian, and The National Interest, among many others. He is also the author of four previous books-Virtual Terror, Global Risk Agility and Decision-Making, Managing Country Risk, and Political Risk Insurance Guide. He holds master's degrees in International Relations from the University of Chicago and in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird), in Phoenix. Daniel received his bachelor's degree in Political Science from Richmond College in London. Keith Furst Keith Furst is the Managing Director of Data Derivatives, a consulting firm focused on implementing, validating, and fine-tuning financial crime systems. He has many years of extensive consulting experience working for a wide variety of financial institutions focusing on the documentation, design, model development, implementation, calibration, and validation of financial crime systems. Keith has broad exposure and hands-on involvement in all phases of the project life cycle for transaction monitoring, know your customer, customer due diligence, sanctions, trade compliance, and anti-fraud systems. He has worked for banks in New York City under extreme regulatory scrutiny. He writes thought pieces frequently and has been published in the American Banker, The Asian Banker, the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists, and The South China Morning Post on a diverse range of intricate topics such as financial crime, artificial intelligence, and risk management. Keith holds an MBA from the Baruch College Zicklin School of Business and a BA in Philosophy from Queens College, both in New York.