Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

by Ethan Mollick · 2024

We are entering the age of AI, and the most important question isn't what AI can do — it's what AI can help us become. Ethan Mollick offers a practical and thought-provoking guide to living and working alongside artificial intelligence. Drawing on the latest research, he shows how to harness AI as a collaborator while preserving what makes us human. Essential reading for anyone who wants to thrive in the age of intelligent machines.

Best for: Developer Technologist Innovation Manager
Level: Beginner Time: Long Practicality: 5/5 Inspiration: 2/5
Key Ideas
AI is not a tool you use. It is a collaborator you work with.
The question is not what AI can do, but what AI can help us become.
We are entering a world where everyone will have access to infinite intelligence. The scarce resource will be human judgment.

AI is not a tool you use. It is a collaborator you work with.

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Notable Quotes

AI is not a tool you use. It is a collaborator you work with.

The question is not what AI can do, but what AI can help us become.

We are entering a world where everyone will have access to infinite intelligence. The scarce resource will be human judgment.

The best way to predict the future of AI is to start using it today.

The default future is one where we outsource thinking to machines. The better future is one where machines augment thinking.

To work with AI effectively, you need to treat it like an extremely competent but sometimes hallucinatory intern.

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