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- ISBN 9781510787797
- Weight: 507g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 22 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Inside the Dark New World of AI-Driven Crime and Conflict
In AI on the Edge, bestselling podcaster, futurist, entrepreneur, and cultural strategist Marc Beckman issues a bold and urgent warning: artificial intelligence is poised to supercharge the dark worlds of crime and warfare. Picking up where his acclaimed Some Future Day left off, Beckman pierces the utopian hype surrounding AI to expose its dark underbelly: a rapidly evolving ecosystem where algorithms arm cartels, deepfakes extort executives, drones make autonomous kill decisions, and nations wage invisible wars in cyberspace.
Through gripping real-world examples and near-future projections, Beckman reveals how AI is democratizing destruction by placing the power once reserved for nation-states into the hands of criminals and terrorists. Beckman also makes the case that awareness and preparation can safeguard us against the dangers this future will bring, if we're willing to make hard decisions and work together. From cybercrime and street-level scams to AI-driven espionage and drone warfare, Beckman maps the coming “war on trust,” where seeing is no longer believing and safety demands literacy in the technologies reshaping our world.
A landmark synthesis of technology, geopolitics, and morality, AI on the Edge is an essential text for understanding the stakes of the twenty-first century. Visionary, cinematic, and unsettlingly real, Beckman’s new book is both a warning and a blueprint for what's to come.
In AI on the Edge, bestselling podcaster, futurist, entrepreneur, and cultural strategist Marc Beckman issues a bold and urgent warning: artificial intelligence is poised to supercharge the dark worlds of crime and warfare. Picking up where his acclaimed Some Future Day left off, Beckman pierces the utopian hype surrounding AI to expose its dark underbelly: a rapidly evolving ecosystem where algorithms arm cartels, deepfakes extort executives, drones make autonomous kill decisions, and nations wage invisible wars in cyberspace.
Through gripping real-world examples and near-future projections, Beckman reveals how AI is democratizing destruction by placing the power once reserved for nation-states into the hands of criminals and terrorists. Beckman also makes the case that awareness and preparation can safeguard us against the dangers this future will bring, if we're willing to make hard decisions and work together. From cybercrime and street-level scams to AI-driven espionage and drone warfare, Beckman maps the coming “war on trust,” where seeing is no longer believing and safety demands literacy in the technologies reshaping our world.
A landmark synthesis of technology, geopolitics, and morality, AI on the Edge is an essential text for understanding the stakes of the twenty-first century. Visionary, cinematic, and unsettlingly real, Beckman’s new book is both a warning and a blueprint for what's to come.
Marc Beckman is the CEO of the award-winning advertising agency, DMA United. He has executed campaigns for the NBA, Pepsi, Sony, Warner Bros. Entertainment, NARS, Washington, DC, Nelson Mandela, Gucci, and MoMA. Beckman embraces emerging technology to augment campaigns, including artificial intelligence (AI), spatial computing, and blockchain. To date, he has leveraged AI, digital culture, and virtual worlds to launch platforms for over one hundred brands and has created seven marketplaces in Web3 for clients. Beckman’s cross-sector approach includes programs in fashion, art, music, sports, and entertainment.
Beckman’s show, Some Future Day, examines technology, culture, and law. Notable guests include Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Matt Murray, Yes Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Jon Anderson and Steve Howe, The Soprano’s Emmy Award-Winner Drea de Matteo, Israel’s former Director of Mossad Danny Yatom, NASA Presidential Fellow James Villarrubia, US State Department Official Mike Benz, Ayn Rand’s Chairman Yaron Brook, and law professor Jonathan Turley.
Beckman is also the bestselling author of Some Future Day: How AI Is Going to Change Everything and The Comprehensive Guide: NFTs, Digital Artwork, Blockchain Technology. The book has received many accolades, including inclusion on JP Morgan’s Reading List. Beckman is senior fellow of emerging technology and an adjunct professor in luxury marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business. As co-chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets, Beckman is developing legal policy and best practices for cryptocurrency and digital assets. Beckman received a bachelor of liberal arts from Boston University and a juris doctorate from Hofstra University. He was admitted to the bar association of New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.
Beckman’s show, Some Future Day, examines technology, culture, and law. Notable guests include Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Matt Murray, Yes Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Jon Anderson and Steve Howe, The Soprano’s Emmy Award-Winner Drea de Matteo, Israel’s former Director of Mossad Danny Yatom, NASA Presidential Fellow James Villarrubia, US State Department Official Mike Benz, Ayn Rand’s Chairman Yaron Brook, and law professor Jonathan Turley.
Beckman is also the bestselling author of Some Future Day: How AI Is Going to Change Everything and The Comprehensive Guide: NFTs, Digital Artwork, Blockchain Technology. The book has received many accolades, including inclusion on JP Morgan’s Reading List. Beckman is senior fellow of emerging technology and an adjunct professor in luxury marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business. As co-chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets, Beckman is developing legal policy and best practices for cryptocurrency and digital assets. Beckman received a bachelor of liberal arts from Boston University and a juris doctorate from Hofstra University. He was admitted to the bar association of New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.
