New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2024. Verity Harding draws inspiring lessons from the histories of three twentieth-century tech revolutions - the space race, in vitro fertilization, and the internet - to empower each of us to join the conversation about AI and its possible futures. Sharing her perspective as a leading insider in technology and politics, she rejects the dominant narrative, which often likens AI's advent to that of the atomic bomb. History points the way to an achievable future in which democratically determined values guide AI to be peaceful in its intent; to embrace limitations; to serve purpose, not profit; and to be firmly rooted in societal trust.