Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Olson is familiar with ai and the trouble it can cause. This book delves into Sam and Demis who are business rivals working with ai, this book was both alarming and informative about ai and its uses.

Shout out to Netgalley and St. Martin Press for providing the ARC of the book.

The book gives an amazing and detailed insight about the race between ChatGPT and DeepMind in particular and how AI has evolved. Written in a very easy language that can be understood by anyone with a basic knowledge of computers and AI.

While I enjoyed reading the book and the history of the AI, there were instances where I just felt that the language is pre-dominantly that of a journalist. This becomes evident at a number of instances when author has used the phrase "according to someone working at....". The author, because of probably numerous reasons, couldn't state the name of the sources so this was actually something that I didn't enjoy at all. While reading a book like this, I would want as much details as possible about who is giving the information to the author. This actually at times became irritating where the author was unable to state who the source was except for the phrase "According to someone working closely on ____ project". It also lead to distrust whether the author has actually interviewed or was just throwing sources randomly. While reading the book, I did check online who Parmy Olson was and then got to know she must be credible.

However, towards the end, author has dedicated a section about sources. Probably this section should be there even before the book starts. This will help reader as well to not be wary of the sources.

Another point which I felt could be improved is the timeline. Now this is something that author decides but in this book, I am still a bit confused of the timeline. The author kept on jumping from one year to the other and there are numerous occasions where the author has mentioned "in the same year" where has for quite a while there is no mention of that particular "year". So it got confusing which year was the author talking about.

Overall a really good book to know the how the AI war had started. It can be a good starting point for anyone who would want to know about the AI history. would recommend it for sure.

Thank you to both #NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me an advance copy of Parmy Olson’s #nonfiction work, Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, in exchange for an honest review.

#Supremacy is a well-written and researched nonfiction account about the birth of two leading #AI firms, their creators, and the rivalry between the two businesses and competing AI technologies. The text reads closer to a #fiction novel in regard to its flow, style, and interesting subject matter. The author is billed as a renowned tech journalist, and it is evident why upon reading the first chapter.

Supremacy initially intrigued me due to its description claiming that it would alert readers to the threats of AI and the dangers the current creators are ignoring. Unfortunately, this is more about the creators than the technology itself.

If you enjoy reading #biographies about tech moguls, then this book is absolutely for you. The closest comparison is the recent trend of streaming mini-series concerning the rise and fall of certain #techstartups, such as #Apple’s WeCrashed, #Hulu’s The Dropout, and #Netflix’s Super Pumped. It would not be surprising to see Supremacy’s account of #OpenAI and #DeepMind on this list in the near future.