About the Author
Intelligence analyst. AI systems engineer. Author.
My name is Erik Bernath (or Bernáth Erik in Hungarian). I'm a Hungarian national living in Strasbourg, France. I studied Intelligence and Security Studies at Brunel University London, worked as a private intelligence and security policy analyst, and now work with AI systems engineering, focusing on safety and multi-agent coordination.
I wrote Minds We Create because I kept noticing the same gap: the people making decisions about AI often don't understand the technology, and the people building it often don't think enough about the consequences. This book tries to bridge that gap in plain language.
Background
MSc from Brunel University London. Trained in geopolitical analysis, threat assessment, and the intersection of technology and national security.
Former intelligence and security policy analyst. Worked on understanding complex geopolitical dynamics and their real-world implications.
Currently working with AI safety, multi-agent coordination technologies, and the governance challenges they create.
Based in Strasbourg, at the heart of European institutions. A vantage point for understanding how Europe is navigating the AI revolution.
Why This Book
Most books about AI fall into one of two camps. They either promise a utopia powered by algorithms, or they warn about robot apocalypses. Neither is particularly useful if you just want to understand what's actually happening.
Minds We Create is the book I wished existed when I started paying attention to how AI was being developed, deployed, and (not) governed. It doesn't require a computer science degree. It doesn't ask you to panic. It just lays out the facts, the risks, and the decisions that are being made right now, often without public input.
The book covers AI safety, governance failures, geopolitical competition, autonomous weapons, algorithmic bias, and the philosophical questions we keep postponing. All in plain language, with real cases and clear explanations.
If you think the most consequential technology of our lifetime deserves more than blind trust, this book is for you.
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