Heads-up on new AI book

Mark your calendar: AI and the Art of Being Human launching Oct 14

I’ll be posting more details on this soon, but I am delighted to let you know that my new book AI and the Art of Being Human (co-authored with co-founder of Blitzscaling Ventures Jeff Abbott1) is scheduled for release on October 14! (Website here)

The book is the result of a collaboration that started earlier this year as we both realized there was an urgent need for a practical guide to thriving in a world where AI can replicate many of the things we think of as defining who we are.

There are, of course, a lot of books on AI coming out at the moment (with more in the pipeline). Many of these are autobiographical insights into AI, speculative books on AI futures, and manifestos on what we should be thinking about AI—and why.

But there are remarkably few guides to living, working, and thriving with AI. And none that we could find that provide basic tools and insights for making sense of what this means when AI seems to be getting increasingly good at doing you. And this is despite us both coming across more and more people hungry for such a guide.

So we decided to write one. …

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Andrew Maynard

Director, ASU Future of being Human initiative