https://debbiecoffey.substack.com/p/ai-endgame-book-on-ai-by-louis-berman
March 1, 2025
by Debbie Coffey, AI Endgame
I’ve had the pleasure of talking with Louis Berman, and he’s really smart. He’s one of the people who’s out there fighting for you. Berman’s newest book, titled “Catastrophe: The Unstoppable Threat of AI” has just been published.
“Catastrophe offers a concise, unflinching look at the imminent existential threat posed by superintelligent AI, but through a personal and humanized lens…the author asserts that AI without limits will inevitably lead to human extinction…”
Most importantly, Berman’s book encourages us to take action: “Our actions, it argues, are crucial. They may be all that's left to perpetuate the human story for as long as possible.”
Catastrophe can be purchased on Amazon HERE.
Louis Berman and Felix de Simone (Organizing Director, PauseAI US), recently joined host John Sherman on a podcast: AGI Goes To Washington | For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast.
Pictured: John Sherman, Felix de Simone and Louis Berman
About Louis Berman from the xriskbooks.com website:
“Louis Berman has founded companies, led all sorts of teams, built interesting software, used giant telescopes to stuff his eyeballs full of photons, and managed to be that most rare sort of cat: a currency trader who isn’t broke. A happily expatriate New Yorker, Louis lives on the outskirts of Philadelphia with his lovely and talented set and costume designer wife. As both a Dads Against AGI co-founder and a grassroots PauseAI US lobbyist, Louis works to mitigate the risks of superintelligent AI.
Louis is on LinkedIn. Here are some highlights:
SquidEyes, LLC (CTO, May 2022 to Present): co-founded company to bring institutional-grade hedge-fund-style currency trading to the retail and CTA markets.
EPAM Systems (Chief Technologist, September 2020 to February 2022): lead Azure technology for the firm, which was the top IT Services company on the Fortune “100 Fastest-Growing Companies” list; for three years in a row! Supported transformation projects for companies like Disney, CTC, Intrado, Walgreens, Harley-Davidson, Edward Jones and more. As EPAM’s top cloud expert, Louis supported dozens of technical-sales pursuits and internal projects.
Microsoft (Cloud Solutions Architect, May 2015 to September 2020): Fielded one of one of the largest RDMA-style clusters ever run in the Azure cloud, for DuPont. Working with Bentley Systems (one of the largest Azure accounts in the world, both by spend and diversity of tech) to modernize their 500+ workloads and move them into the cloud. Helped Comcast NBCUniversal+Telemundo+DreamWorks, etc.) to speed their rush into the Azure cloud.
Neudesic (National Architect / Custom Application Development, May 2013 to May 2015): Conceived / developed several Windows 8 XAML Store applications, including the extremely well-received Toyota Innovation Fair POC.”