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

Author: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Unabridged: 4 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 02/28/2023


Synopsis

Will artificial intelligence improve the way we work and live, or will it alienate us? The choice is ours. What will we decide?

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 Twitter bots and fake news. Companies are using AI to hire us—or not.

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 Agricultural Revolution. Some of these changes will enhance our species. Others may dehumanize us and make us more machinelike in our interactions with others. It's up to us to adapt and determine how we want to live and work.

Are you ready?

In I, Human psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic offers a guide for reclaiming ourselves in a world in which most of our decisions will be made for us. To do so, we'll need to double down on what makes us so special—our curiosity, adaptability, and emotional intelligence—while relying on the lost virtues of empathy, humility, and self-control.

Filled with big-think fascinations and practical wisdom, I, Human is the book we need to thrive in the future.

Reviews

Goodreads review by em on March 02, 2023

Thank you to the publisher & Netgalley for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I, Human initially caught my eye because of the Asimov reference in the title, and I decided to read it because the premise-- an exploration of how AI impacts human society-- was inte......more

Goodreads review by Luisa on May 26, 2023

I borrowed I, Human from the library because of the intriguing title, but I can't say I learned a lot. The author, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, suggests we should get more sleep and exercise, stresses the importance of human humility and curiosity, wants us to remember that unhappiness is an important i......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on June 30, 2023

Hardly discusses the actual impacts of AI or Automation. Instead props up old technology being equated with AI, then using that for their logic. We are distracted with phones, tv, video games etc. This is an egregious error and I will not forgive it. There is more to pick apart, but that is not my i......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on August 14, 2023

A very predictable account of the impact of AI on us. I didn't learn anything new, and it was more negative than positive focusing on all the negative changes in us vs the positive. I was underwhelmed.......more

Goodreads review by Hanie on June 08, 2023

Viewing AI from the perspective of psychology & social sciences with reflections on living in the age of AI. Written by a psychologist cum scientist, Chamorro-Premuzic, specialises in human traits and foibles specifically in understanding, defining, & measuring human intelligence. Technology is unde......more