Former Google design ethicist Tristan Harris delivers an unflinching forecast of how artificial intelligence is poised to transform society far faster than most people realize. Drawing on his years inside Google and more than a decade studying technology’s social impact, Harris argues that 2027 marks a tipping point—one where AI systems begin reshaping jobs, economies, politics, and daily life at a speed that overwhelms existing institutions.
In this deeply personal and urgent warning, Harris connects the dots between AI and issues as wide-ranging as student debt, immigration, national security, and democratic stability. He illustrates how AI will quietly redefine the assumptions underpinning modern society, often before governments or the public can understand what is happening. Beneath the analysis is the story of his own shift from Silicon Valley insider to one of the world’s most vocal advocates for responsible technology. Driven, he says, by a belief that the window to prepare is closing fast.