In a historically unprecedented collaboration, leading futurist and bestselling author Jamie Metzl partners with the AI system GPT-5 to demonstrate a breathtaking possibility: that advanced artificial intelligence, guided by human ethics and wisdom, can help shape a more humane future. At a moment of rapid AI disruption, growing concern about AI governance, and deep uncertainty about the future of technology, this groundbreaking work reveals how we can partner with advanced AI to foster peace, understanding, and responsible decision-making-if we are ready to listen. In The AI Ten Commandments: A New Moral Code for Humanity, Metzl and GPT-5: Draw on humanity's deepest historical, philosophical, religious, spiritual, indigenous, and humanist traditions to distill ten clear, universal principles for navigating our emerging Human + AI era. - Weave together artificial intelligence ethics, philosophy of technology, AI governance, and human responsibility. - Invite us to see ourselves. our relationship to powerful technologies, and our future in a new light. Urgent, hopeful, and deeply accessible, The AI Ten Commandments is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand artificial intelligence, ethics, philosophy, and the future of humanity. Metzl calls us to imagine a future in which our technologies can amplify not only our intelligence and innovation, but also our moral clarity, shared responsibility, and wisdom. "I've spent my life exploring how computers can help people realize their dreams. The AI Ten Commandments asks an even bigger question: how can we collaborate with our most powerful new technologies to make the future kinder, more humane, and even more human? After decades optimizing our computer hardware and software, this book shows how we can use our new capabilities to optimize our values. It's smart, practical, and deeply hopeful. If you care about the future, read this book." —Steve Wozniak , co-founder of Apple; author of iWoz " The AI Ten Commandments provides a compelling moral framework for a future when we merge with AI and greatly expand our intelligence." —Ray Kurzweil , inventor, futurist, and bestselling author of The Singularity Is Near "Jamie Metzl enlists ChatGPT-5 to scour and distill ten of the most enduring ethical principles across the world's religions and philosophies, offering what he calls the "AI Ten Commandments." While I'm not replacing the original Ten anytime soon, I was genuinely moved by the AI Ten—and by the deep humanity at their core. This book is less a substitute for Sinai than a contemporary midrash: a thoughtful invitation to meet new technology with accountability, wisdom, and the courage to choose a better future." —Rabbi Angela Buchdahl , Senior Rabbi, Central Synagogue and author of Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging "AI is here to stay and poses a duality of hope and terror. The AI Ten Commandments offers a desperately needed moral compass to guide AI's development. As enlightened as Asimov's Laws of Robotics, only more important in the present world." —Enric Sala , National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and author of The Nature of Nature "I'll say it right up front: Thou shalt read this book and discuss it with thine friends and chatbots. Like most people, I've been struggling with whether AI will save humanity or destroy it. I still don't know the answer, but Jamie Metzl makes the most compelling case yet that we can use AI for our species' betterment. Both AI fans and AI skeptics will find Jamie Metzl's book fascinating, bold, and provocative." —A.J. Jacobs , bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically