This week marks two years since the death of my friend and mentor, Henry Kissinger. Genesis —our book about AI and humanity's future—was his final project. For much of his career, the former Secretary of State focused on preventing catastrophe from one dangerous technology: nuclear weapons. In his final years, he turned to another.

When we wrote Genesis alongside Craig Mundie, we felt fundamentally optimistic about AI's promise to reduce global inequality, accelerate scientific breakthroughs, and democratize access to knowledge. I still do. But Henry understood that humanity's most powerful creations demand the most vigilant stewardship. We foresaw that AI's great promise would come with grave risks —and the rapid technical progress since the fall of 2024 has made addressing those r

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