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AI, fungi, and the future of enterprise tech: Industry vet Bill Hilf on his debut novel, ‘The Disruption’

An AI2 board chair just published a thriller warning the industry is 'thinking about AI the wrong way.' Here's what he thinks we're missing.

Reporting by GeekWire 1 min brief
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Why it matters

A prominent AI industry figure uses fiction as a vehicle to critique dominant narratives around AI safety and architecture—surfacing a contrarian take on how enterprises should be approaching AI development.

The key facts

8 to know

  1. Bill Hilf (Ai2 board chair, former enterprise tech executive) published debut novel 'The Disruption'

  2. Novel premise: AI built on living biology that escapes human control

  3. Implicit thesis: current AI industry thinking is fundamentally misaligned

  4. Format: thought leadership via narrative fiction rather than policy/research paper

  5. Bill Hilf is AI2 board chair and enterprise technology veteran

  6. Novel 'The Disruption' centers on AI built on living biology that escapes human control

  7. Underlying argument: industry is approaching AI design incorrectly

  8. Published as fiction but positions philosophical/strategic critique of current AI paradigms

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Publisher excerpt: A new sci-fi thriller from enterprise technology veteran and Ai2 board chair Bill Hilf imagines an AI built on living biology that escapes human control. Underneath the plot: an argument that the industry is thinking about AI the wrong way.
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