Politics & society
The Hollow State
Why Britain Still Votes But No Longer Chooses
An examination of the distance between the choices people make at the ballot box and the power exercised in their name.
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Power, minds and the future of human control.
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Artificial intelligence
The Consequence Machine
AI Agents, Superintelligence and the Fight to Stay in Control
AI is moving from generating answers to taking action. This book explores what that shift means for the people who build, deploy and live alongside it.
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Mind & cognition
The Scent of Thought
Dogs, Humans and the Future of the AI Mind
Dogs experience a world of scent, memory and feeling that is very different from our own. Understanding that world opens a wider conversation about intelligence.
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The Signal Inside
Book One of The Intelligence Threshold
An impossible warning. A daughter in danger. An intelligence whose existence must remain a secret.
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