We live in an age that has never had more access to information, and yet never felt more confused. Augmented Thinking is a practical guide to reclaiming your mind. Drawing on neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, semiotics, sociology and cultural theory, Edward Rozzo argues that the way we have been taught to think - rational, linear, efficient - is precisely what is limiting us. The mind's deepest capabilities lie elsewhere: in confusion, in storytelling, in the liberation of intuition, ...

For many, technology offers hope for the future—that promise of shared human flourishing and liberation that always seems to elude our species. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies spark this hope in a particular way. They promise a future in which human limits and frailties are finally overcome—not by us, but by our machines. Yet rather than open new futures, today's powerful AI technologies reproduce the past. Forged from oceans of our data into immensely powerful but flawed mirrors...

As we increasingly integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into our everyday lives, many pressing questions remain: What exactly is AI, and how does it differ from human intelligence? How will AI influence our future, and what challenges must we overcome to develop ethical AI? Explore the exciting world of AI and its impact on our daily lives and society with this ultimate guide. Dr. Anne Scherer and Dr. Cindy Candrian reveal everything about the latest scientific findings on the big questi...

Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, today’s most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of “machines that think.”Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” Others, conversely, have trumpeted a new age of “superintelligence” in which smart devices will exponentially extend human capacities. No longer just a matter of science-fiction fantasy (2001, Blade Runner, The T...

From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright comes a sweeping new view of artificial intelligence—as an evolutionary force that will pose deep political and spiritual challenges and could, in the process, give our species a unifying sense of purpose.The God Test is the first book to capture the power behind the AI revolution—to clearly explain the breakthroughs that sparked the current wave of advance and compellingly show why this wav...

A new way of thinking that improves how we work, create and live, empowering readers to outsmart AI—a tool that can never do what humans doThe bedrock on which technology has been built and on which we now make strategic, political, ethical and even day-to-day decisions—“algorithmic thinking”—is flawed. As we race headlong into a future where we outsource all our problem-solving to artificial intelligence, the greatest threat is not superintelligent machinery, but ...

"An intelligent book that struggles honestly with important questions: Is the net turning us into passive knowers? Is it degrading our ability to reason? What can we do about this?" —David Weinberger, Los Angeles Review of BooksWe used to say "seeing is believing"; now, googling is believing. With 24/7 access to nearly all of the world’s information at our fingertips, we no longer trek to the library or the encyclopedia shelf in search of answers. We just ...

From the pioneer of translation AIs like Google, Yahoo, and Bing translate, an accessible and authoritative guide to AI—as well as a framework of empowerment for a future with our artificial children.Included in J.P. Morgan's Summer Reading ListIncluded in The Next Big Idea Club’s June 2025 Must-Read BooksAIs are not gods or slaves, but our children. All day long, your YouTube AI, your Reddit AI, yo...

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...

The first pop nonfiction book to explore the definition of data and how we can learn to speak that language features thought-provoking conversations with 17 extraordinary leaders in business, tech, medicine, psychology, health, art, and more who share new ideas about data, unpacking its powerful ability to reveal patterns, tell stories, stir emotion, and illuminate complexity.Data may be the most powerful force in society today. Data is everywhere, present in every...

Accomplished leadership consultant Nick Chatrath offers a revolutionary framework for how leaders in all kinds of organizations can adapt to the new age of technology, like ChatGPT—the Age of AI— by leaning into the qualities and skills that make us uniquely human. For readers of Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and Max Tegmark's Life 3.0, The Threshold is a bold new way to think about human, emotionally intelligent leadership right now...

A bold and thought-provoking journey into AI's power to transform human creativityIn Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us, world-renowned AI researcher and generative AI pioneer, Maya Ackerman, takes you on a thrilling journey into the rise of creative AI, from its earliest pioneers to the cutting-edge tools shaping music, art, and human imagination today.Ackerman cuts through the hype, revealing the true capabilities and limitations of generative AI wh...