Co-Intelligence: The Definitive, Bestselling Guide to Living and Working with AI Paperback – 4 April 2024

I purchased this after it being mentioned in his blog as I have a keen interest in the progress of AI. I was not disappointed with this book. It is so easy to read in the way that it is written and everything about AI is explained well. The chapters cover most things and it is all relevant to the current AI situation. It has provoked a lot of thought and discussion amongst my colleagues in teaching. I highly recommend this book.

A good, easy-to-read AI book. Some good, grounded, practical application advice. That’s where the author should have left it. The architect scenario was pathetic and naive, and the final 4 future scenarios were rushed and trite.

Covers a complex and evolving subject with authority, humour and pragmatism. Excellent starting point for anyone's journey with AI as their companion.

Found this very useful as I work in education and looking to see the impacts of AI on my career. Very accessible and offers good examples of how AI will change a lot of industries.

Those who receive the author’s email updates may be a bit disappointed with Mollick’s book, as its purpose is more cautious, as well as hyper-mindful of its potentially transient relevance, given the speed with which AI advancement is currently occurring. As a result of that reality, Mollick sticks primarily to the safer, less dynamic territory of considering the impacts of AIs on society rather than recent wonders in AI development and the yet more radical advances that may lie ahead.That said, a worthwhile and thoughtful work that helps readers benchmark themselves against where AI is today and inform them on where it may lead us in the future.

A brilliant introduction to the transformative potential of artificial intelligence with simple to understand explanations of how it might be used in the workplace, in education and in general life. Great examples of its strengths and weaknesses as it stands and written in a style that is engaging for non-technical people to get an understanding of AI is. Makes you think about your own work and want to know more about how you might leverage it to your own benefit, in life and in work. Can't put it down!

As I read on with this book, I find myself confused as to which, if any, of the book is written by a real person and which by an AI. You can't tell. Other reviewers say they read his blog, but how can you tell who/what to believe? No way of checking that I can see. So one consequence of AI, for me at least, is that anything written or imagined using AI is untrustworthy, and I will avoid it when possible. Truth, openness, transparency are my values, and AI will make them all vanish. Which I think will be sad.

It’s a very good read. There’s a lot to consider and even more to follow-up on. I’ll be interesting to come back to it in 2-3 years.