I, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique

In his book "I, Human," psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic explores the potential benefits and drawbacks of artificial intelligence and how it is shaping our lives. He argues that while AI can improve our lives, it can also exacerbate our bad tendencies such as distraction, selfishness, and bias. Chamorro-Premuzic suggests that we need to develop our curiosity, adaptability, and emotional intelligence to thrive in the age of AI, while also relying on the lost virtues of empathy, humility, and self-control. He believes that the choice of how we want to live and work is ours, and that the impact of AI on our societies, economies, and humanity will be profound.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2023
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

For readers of "Sapiens" and "Homo Deus" and viewers of "The Social Dilemma," psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic tackles one of the biggest questions facing our species: Will we use artificial intelligence to improve the way we work and live, or will we allow it to alienate us?

It's no secret that AI is changing the way we live, work, love, and entertain ourselves. Dating apps are using AI to pick our potential partners. Retailers are using AI to predict our behavior and desires. Rogue actors are using AI to persuade us with bots and misinformation. Companies are using AI to hire us—or not.

In "I, Human," psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic takes readers on an enthralling and eye-opening journey across the AI landscape. Though AI has the potential to change our lives for the better, he argues, AI is also worsening our bad tendencies, making us more distracted, selfish, biased, narcissistic, entitled, predictable, and impatient.

It doesn't have to be this way. Filled with fascinating insights about human behavior and our complicated relationship with technology, "I, Human" will help us stand out and thrive when many of our decisions are being made for us. To do so, we'll need to double down on our curiosity, adaptability, and emotional intelligence while relying on the lost virtues of empathy, humility, and self-control.

This is just the beginning. As AI becomes smarter and more humanlike, our societies, our economies, and our humanity will undergo the most dramatic changes we've seen since the Industrial Revolution. Some of these changes will enhance our species. Others may dehumanize us and make us more machinelike in our interactions with people. It's up to us to adapt and determine how we want to live and work.

The choice is ours. What will we decide?

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647820558