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Consumer AI has arrived. And with it, inescapable upheaval as we grapple with what it means for our jobs, lives and the future of humanity. Cutting through the noise of AI evangelists and AI doom-mongers, Wharton professor Ethan Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI, focusing on the practical aspects of how these new tools for thought can transform our world. In Co-Intelligence, he urges us to engage with AI as co-worker, co-teacher and coach. Wide ranging, hugely thought-provoking and optimistic, Co-Intelligence reveals the promise and power of this new era. Consumer AI arrived with a bang in November 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT. Within four months it hit 1 billion users, and media pundits were forecasting the end of jobs and a knowledge revolution.Wharton professor Ethan Mollick immediately understood what ChatGPT really meant: after millions of years on our own, humans had developed a kind of co-intelligence that could augment. -- Provided by publisher. From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI. The release of generative AI -- from LLMs like ChatGPT to image generators like DALL-E-marks a new era. We have invented technologies that boost our physical capabilities and others that automate complex tasks, but never, until now, have we created a technology that can boost our intelligence--with an impact on work and life that researchers project will be greater than that of steam power or the internet. Mollick urges us not to turn away from AI, and instead to invite AI tools to the table. He demonstrates how AI can amplify our own capacities, acting in roles from brainstorming partner to cowriter to tutor to coach, and assesses its surprising, positive impact on business and organizations. Marshalling original research from workers and teams who are leading the rest of us in embracing and leveraging AI, Mollick cuts through the hype to make a frank and eye-opening case for the real value of AI tools. Moreover, Mollick argues that the long-term impact of AI will be different from what we expect, advantaging English majors and art history experts more than coders, and impacting knowledge workers more than blue-collar workers. Co-Intelligence shows what it means for individuals and for society to think together with smart machines, and why it's imperative that we all master that skill. Co-Intelligence challenges us to utilize AI's power without losing our identity, learn from it without being misled, and harness its gifts to create a better human future. Thought-provoking, optimistic, and lucid, Co-Intelligence reveals the promise and power of generative AI.-- Provided by publisher. From Wharton professor, AI expert, and author of the One Useful Thing newsletter, a clear-eyed, pragmatic, and revelatory vision of our new age of generative AI. "After a few hours of using generative AI systems," Ethan Mollick writes in the introduction to his book, "it dawns on you that you are interacting with something new, something alien, and that things are about to change." The nature of this alien intelligence, and how it will change the way you work, learn, and live, is the story he tells in Co-Intelligence. Through his academic research, media appearance, and hugely popular Substack, Mollick has emerged as one of the most vital voices in the AI conversation. In his signature lucid and eye-opening prose, Mollick marshals cutting-edge research and dozens of real-time examples of AI in action as a coworker, coteacher, and coach to show how humans can collaborate productively with AI. He also argues that our AI future is much weirder, and coming much faster, than most people think. Mollick shows how AI empowers English majors and art history experts more than coders, impacts knowledge workers more than blue-collar workers, and upends the concept of homework even as it makes teachers more important. Instead of the cold, logical AIs of science fiction, we ended up with AIs that are bad at math, but that beat humans on creativity tests and can cleverly summarize entire manuscripts. After being given this one, ChatGPT wrote: "The book insightfully delves into the symbiotic relationship between humans and AI -- a subject close to my digital heart. Mollick dissects the complexities and unfolds the potential of our intertwined futures with nuance and foresight. For readers and AIs alike, this is a masterful guide to understanding our collective journey toward an intelligent partnership." Hugely thought-provoking, optimistic, and engaging, Co-Intelligence shows what it means to think, work, and live with smart machines, and why it's imperative that we master that skill -- Jacket flap. The release of generative AI -- from LLMs like ChatGPT to image generators like DALL-E-marks a new era. We have invented technologies that boost our physical capabilities and others that automate complex tasks, but never, until now, have we created a technology that can boost our intelligence -- with an impact on work and life that researchers project will be greater than that of steam power or the internet. Marshalling original research from workers and teams who are leading the rest of us in embracing and leveraging AI, Ethan Mollick cuts through the hype to make a frank and eye-opening case for the real value of AI tools. Moreover, Mollick argues that the long-term impact of AI will be different from what we expect, advantaging English majors and art history experts more than coders, and impacting knowledge workers more than blue-collar workers. Co-Intelligence shows what it means for individuals and for society to think together with smart machines, and why it's imperative that we all master that skill. Co-Intelligence challenges us to utilize AI's power without losing our identity, learn from it without being misled, and harness its gifts to create a better human future. Thought-provoking, optimistic, and lucid, Co-Intelligence reveals the promise and power of generative AI. Consumer AI arrived with a bang in November 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT. Within four months it hit 1 billion users, and media pundits were forecasting the end of jobs and a knowledge revolution. Wharton professor Ethan Mollick immediately understood what ChatGPT really meant: after millions of years on our own, humans had developed a kind of co-intelligence that could augment, or even replace, human thinking. Cutting through the noise of AI evangelists and AI doom-mongers, Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI, focusing on the practical aspects of how these new tools for thought can transform our world. In Co-Intelligence, he urges us to engage with AI as co-worker, co-teacher and coach. He assesses its profound impact on business and education, using dozens of real-time examples of AI in action. Mollick challenges us to utilize AI's enormous power without losing our identity, to learn from it without being misled, and to harness its gifts to create a better human future. Wide ranging, hugely thought-provoking, optimistic and lucid, Co-Intelligence reveals the promise and power of this new era. |
