{"id":965,"date":"2026-07-16T07:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/?page_id=965"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:21:07","slug":"new-book-forthcoming-2026-from-tool-to-actor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/?page_id=965","title":{"rendered":"New Book (forthcoming 2026): From Tool to Actor: AI and Existential Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forthcoming this fall, with Richard Smith and a chapter by  Michael Tyshenko, <em>From Tool to Actor: AI and Existential Risk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details at <a href=\"https:\/\/fromtooltoactor.ca\">https:\/\/fromtooltoactor.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preface<br>Part One: Artificial Intelligence<br>Introduction<br>Chapter 1: The Good<br>Chapter 2: The Bad<br>Chapter 3: The Ugly<br>Chapter 4: The Superhuman Machine<br>Part 2: Risk Policy and Analysis<br>Chapter 5: The Risk-Based Approach<br>Chapter 6: The Control Problem<br>Chapter 7: Catastrophic and Existential Risks<br>Chapter 8: Risk Estimation<br>Chapter 9: Quantitative Risk Assessment for Loss of Control (By Michael G. Tyshenko)<br>Part Three: Governance and Risk Management<br>Chapter 10: Regulation<br>Chapter 11: Some Possible Solutions<br>Chapter 12: Heart of Darkness<br>Chapter 13: Blaming the Victims<br>Chapter 14: What Should the Public Do?<br>Chapter 15: What Should Governments Do?<br>Chapter 16: Summary and Conclusions<br>References<br>Acknowledgements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forthcoming this fall, with Richard Smith and a chapter by Michael Tyshenko, From Tool to Actor: AI and Existential Risk. Details at https:\/\/fromtooltoactor.ca Table of Contents PrefacePart One: Artificial IntelligenceIntroductionChapter 1: The GoodChapter 2: The BadChapter 3: The UglyChapter 4: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/?page_id=965\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-965","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1GwcM-fz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=965"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/965\/revisions\/976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leiss.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}