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Co Intelligence

Ethan Mollick, 2024

Practical rules for working alongside AI, drawn from real experiments with consultants, students and writers, plus four scenarios for where the technology could go next.

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11 parts, about 22 minutes to read.

Why read it

  • Learn four rules for using AI: try it on everything, stay the human in the loop, give it a persona, expect improvement
  • See where AI is strong and weak on the Jagged Frontier, and why consultants with AI did worse on a task placed outside it
  • Sort your own tasks into Just Me, Delegated and Automated, then choose between working as a Centaur or a Cyborg

Who it is for

  • Professionals wondering how AI will change their own jobs
  • Teachers weighing what AI means for homework, cheating and tutoring
  • Managers and business leaders deciding how teams should use AI

What the summary covers

  1. Three Sleepless Nights2 min
  2. Creating Alien Minds2 min
  3. Aligning the Alien2 min
  4. Four Rules for Co Intelligence2 min
  5. AI as a Person2 min
  6. AI as a Creative3 min
  7. AI as a Coworker3 min
  8. AI as a Tutor2 min
  9. AI as a Coach1 min
  10. AI as Our Future2 min
  11. AI as Us1 min

Recommended by

  • Angela DuckworthPsychologist and author of Grit
    Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI.
  • Eric HorvitzChief Scientific Officer of Microsoft
    I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of this rapidly evolving technology.
  • Reid HoffmanCofounder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI
    In today’s cacophony of ‘AI hot takes’, Mollick has distinguished himself as the leading voice of reason on the implications of AI for work and education.
  • Daniel H. PinkAuthor of Drive and A Whole New Mind
    Co-Intelligence brilliantly captures the essence of our evolving relationship with AI.
  • Andrew HillSenior business writer at the Financial Times
    A sharp and good-humoured guide to how to make the most of generative AI.
  • Jim M. CitrinChair of the global CEO Practice at Spencer Stuart
    Embark on a transformative journey with Co-Intelligence, Ethan Mollick’s page-turning must-read for those at the helm.

About the author

  • Ethan MollickWharton associate professor who studies how AI changes work, entrepreneurship and education
    • He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1975.
    • At Harvard he studied science, technology and policy.
    • He earned his MBA in 2004 and his PhD in 2010, both at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
    • Before academia he started a technology company, eMeta Corp., in New York with a roommate.
    • He is the Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Faculty Scholar and an associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies how artificial intelligence affects work, entrepreneurship and education.
    • He codirects the Generative AI Labs at Wharton, which build prototypes and run research on how AI can help people thrive while limiting its risks.
    • TIME named him one of the Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence.
    • Poets&Quants named him its 2024 business school Professor of the Year.

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