AI is a present reality: we live at the threshold of an AI-dominated era. AI is more than a Technology wave. In the 21st century and beyond it is the very core source of power that fuels politics, business, and society: our minds, our work, and our homes. AI also rewrites the rules and forces us to lose no time in rethinking fundamental questions of our humanity. Our human brains will soon be required to adapt at hyper speed to a new paradigm of omnipresent machine intelligence. We all have to deal with both its opportunities and threats in a conscious manner. Presently AI obscurity, hypotheticals, hype, and hysteria are aggravating problems of increasingly polarized and disconnected societies. However, whose image AI development will take and how the AI Age will be shaped is still in the hands of informed and clear-sighted citizens and leaders. The authors undertook the task of making sense of AI, especially its impact on the present and the near future for responsible readers worldwide. "Asimov, Hawking, and Gates have all posited that AI is dangerous to mankind's future and will likely end mankind's reign on this earth. Hatamleh and Tilesch artfully explain why we can have a synergistic future with AI..." "This is a great book for anyone wanting to get a broad idea of the current impact of AI on our economy and society and learn about some of the hypotheses on its near and distant future." "Dr. Hatamleh and Dr. Tilesch have put together an amazing and a timeless piece of work. It will stimulate your brain, tease your imagination, and it will take you back in time to your childhood and makes you question the past the present and the future..." "I enjoyed this book tremendously. Written with clarity and sweeping in breadth it can act as a great introduction into the world of AI or serve to broaden the horizons and stimulate the thought process of experienced practitioners."