Co-Intelligence: The Definitive, Bestselling Guide to Living and Working with AI

Co-Intelligence doesn’t shout. It teaches. With a tone that’s grounded, encouraging, and refreshingly jargon-free, Ethan Mollick offers a roadmap for working with AI rather than reacting to it. Whether you’re experimenting as a creative, an educator, a small business owner, or simply trying to stay relevant, this book gives you the context and confidence to step in. What resonated most with me was its practical, permission-giving approach: you don’t need to be technical, you just need to be curious. Mollick strips away the hype and fear and instead reframes AI as a tool for co-creation and thinking better. The examples are thoughtful, the strategies are accessible, and the mindset shift is real.

A good, easy-to-read AI book. Some good, grounded, practical application advice. That’s where the author should have left it. The architect scenario was pathetic and naive, and the final 4 future scenarios were rushed and trite.

I've read heaps of books on AI over the last year and this is by far nne of my favorites. It explores how AI can amplify human creativity, decision-making, and learning, rather than replace us. Clear, optimistic, and very relevant. Love Ethan's writing style - makes it super easy to digest such a fascinating topic.

Easy to read, clear explanations without requiring much knowledge of the subject

Recommend for anyone that is interested in the future of AI. I particularly liked the four principles of co-intelligence outlined in the book. Worth a read; concisely and interestingly written!

If a friend asked me to recommend a first book on AI then this would be it. Rather than the story of how AI came to be this is the story of how you can work with AI and its (current) strengths and weaknesses. The book really ignited an interest in using AI and I have incorporated some of the tips about how to get the best from AI into my interactions with improved results. This book will avoid a lot of wasted, and misguided, interactions with ChatGPT etc.

I was recommended to read this book to see how to incorporate AI into work and daily life. Aspects of AI are quite scary and it is developing at an extremely rapid pace so I wanted to be able to have an informed conversation about it. I bought the Kindle version to experiment with a new way of summarising the book as I try to summarise the key poonts from all the reference books I read. Ethan has been researching and teaching using AI for a number of years in an American University. The book sets the scene in a helpful way before focusing on AI as a co-worker, a tutor and a coach. There are lots of stories and examples of how AI has been used. Key terms and concepts are clearly explained and the strenghts and weaknesses of AI are both covered. It has left me with four principles to work with as I engage with AI and some suggestions about how to engage with it which I have just started. AI is here, it will affect many aspects of our lives and this book is a very helpful way of exploring this and responding to it in an approriate way.

Written rather as if aimed at children rather than intelligent adults who might want to make sense of – and find effective uses for – generative AI, LLMs, etc., but interesting nonetheless. A perfectly reasonable few hours’ reading. There are undoubtedly much better books on the subject.