If Artificial Intelligence can cure diseases, restructure economies, and even revolutionize warfare — what does that mean for humanity’s future? In The AI Paradox: Threats, Risks, and Our Future Survival, neuroscientist and Applied AI student Dr. Tursun Alkam unravels the competing forces shaping our world. With a unique background spanning medicine, neuroscience, and business, Dr. Alkam navigates the rapid rise of AI, exposing both its game-changing promise and its most harrowing dangers.

From autonomous weapons and disinformation campaigns to existential concerns about superintelligence, this book delivers a comprehensive exploration of AI’s double-edged sword. Dr. Alkam melds real-world case studies with cutting-edge research to paint an urgent picture of how AI might upend economies, societies, and our very notion of what it means to be human. Yet amid the warnings lies a beacon of possibility: AI as a force for social good, catalyzing breakthroughs in healthcare, climate modeling, and beyond.

Whether you’re a tech aficionado, policy influencer, or curious reader, The AI Paradox offers a balanced roadmap for navigating AI’s transformative—yet precarious—frontier. Will we harness intelligent machines to enrich our collective destiny, or risk losing control of a power far surpassing our own? The choice, and our survival, may depend on how we act today.