The Hub’s Picks for Best New Books for IT Leaders

By the time it takes you to finish reading this article there will be another development in the burgeoning GenAI space. But you don’t have to feel upended with every innovation in tech. There are stories out there that can equip you with the knowledge and expertise to know what’s coming. Whether you’re looking for specific answers to specific questions, or general warnings and examples of success, our latest list has it all:

Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom.

• Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Any many other riddles that we’re just now imagining.

The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher.

• The inside story of how social media rewired our minds and the world. While not directly tied to corporate IT, this book presents an instructive backdrop and cautionary tale about the ways both people and business are easily influenced.

Hidden Potential, The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant.

• Past guest and author on the Hub, Adam Grant is at it again with another entertaining and data-driven story, this time he shares findings on we all can unlock our hidden potential and in his words, improve at improving.

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths.

• In this book, authors Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths explore how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind.

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma.

• As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind, part of Google, Mustafa Suleyman has been at the center of the AI revolution. The coming decade, he argues, will be defined by this wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies.