The AI Insurgency

The Future of Thought, Identity, and Power
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5015-2521-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

Reihe: Mercury Learning and Information (Professional STM)

The trajectory of AI is fundamentally restructuring our world, moving at a speed that feels less like innovation and more like an insurgency being thrust upon us, disrupting established order. This book explores the extraordinary acceleration of AI and its profound, unavoidable impact on every facet of our lives.

Generative AI, multi-modal reasoning, and autonomous agents are no longer theoretical—they have already resulted in significant, real-world disruption. repositions AI not merely as an advanced technological force, but as the central nervous system of emerging economic, political, and social orders.

By chronicling the powerful convergence of AI, blockchain, and decentralized governance, the book highlights how traditional power structures, labor markets, and human-AI relationships are all being fundamentally redefined. It provides essential insight into the emerging ecosystems of intelligent agents and the rapid development of post-human intelligence futures.

The text also delves into the intensifying geopolitical race for AI supremacy, the complex regulatory challenges, and the sweeping economic disruptions the technology is generating. These converging forces raise urgent ethical questions with an increasingly uncertain outcome.

offers a clear, urgent, and insightful understanding of AI’s future trajectory and how it promises to further transform governments, societies, and individual lives. It provides practical guidance for navigating the far-reaching implications of this evolving technological landscape.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wagner, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Wagner is the CEO of Country Risk Solutions, Managing Director of Multilateral Accountability Associates, and has more than three decades of experience assessing and managing cross-border risk. He is an authority on political risk insurance and analysis and has worked for some of the world’s most respected and best-known companies, including AIG, GE, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank Group. Until the end of 2023 he was Adaptation Finance Lead and Technical Advisor on Private Capital Mobilization for COP28 in Abu Dhabi. Prior to that he was Senior Investment Officer for Guarantees and Syndications at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

Daniel has published 12 books – , , , , , – as well as more than 700 articles on current affairs and risk management. He is a regular contributor to such publications as the , and , among many others. For a full listing of his publications and media interviews please see www.countryrisksolutions.com.

Daniel holds master’s degrees in international relations from the University of Chicago and in international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Richmond University in London.