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?
