Will AI Murder Us All? by Aakash Singh Rathore is a provocative guide to the ethical and existential challenges of artificial intelligence. Forget whether AI will replace us—what happens when powerful technologies inherit human biases, ambitions and moral blind spots?
About Will AI Murder Us All?
At its core is moral psychology—how moral decisions are made and acted on by humans and by the machines humans build. Rathore argues the greatest dangers are not rogue AIs but systems embedded in institutions driven by competition, profit and power, where ‘safe’ goals spiral into harm. Drawing on social psychology—from obedience and conformity to diluted responsibility—the book shows how these forces get encoded into AI. Yet it offers a path forward: an artificial ethics of care, designing AI around responsibility, relationships and protecting the vulnerable. Vintage Books hardback: ISBN 9789377303686, 352 pages, August 2026. Penguin Random House India.
