Co-Intelligence
Ethan Mollick's practical guide to working alongside generative AI
Ranked 1 of 9 in best career and future-of-work books
The most practical guide here to working with generative AI, written for managers, students and professionals. It is the only title written with current tools in view, but its tool examples will date faster than the economic books.
Best for Practical use of generative AI at work
About Co-Intelligence
The book explains what generative AI systems do well and where they fail, and how people can use them as collaborators on writing, analysis and ideas. Mollick organizes his advice around concrete examples from business, education and everyday work, so readers can see what changes in their own tasks. It was published in 2024, and the tools it describes have changed quickly since, so some specific examples will date.
The book suits managers, students and professionals who want a practical starting point for AI at work and do not need technical detail. It is less about how the underlying machine learning works and less about economics than The Second Machine Age or Prediction Machines. Its trade-off is that it gives individual and team advice rather than a long-term view of jobs and markets, so it works best alongside the economic titles in this list.
Key features
- Working with AI as a collaborator
- Examples from business and education
- Print edition from Portfolio
Strengths
- Practical, example-driven guide to generative AI
- Written for managers, students and professionals
- Accessible prose with no technical background needed
Limits
- Tool examples will date as AI products change
- Little economic analysis of jobs and markets
Where Co-Intelligence ranks
Alternatives to Co-Intelligence
All 8 alternatives- The Second Machine AgeEconomic analysis of how digital technology affects work and prosperity
- Prediction MachinesHow AI lowers the cost of prediction and what becomes more valuable
- RangeDavid Epstein's case for broad experience over early specialization
- So Good They Can't Ignore YouCal Newport's argument for building rare skills over following passion
- Designing Your LifeDesign-thinking exercises for career and life decisions
- Human + MachineHow companies redesign work so that people and AI do it together
Questions about Co-Intelligence
- Is Co-Intelligence free?
- Co-Intelligence is a paid product (paid). Sold as a print book; price varies by seller.
- Which formats is Co-Intelligence available in?
- Co-Intelligence is offered as Print.
- What is Co-Intelligence best for?
- Practical use of generative AI at work. In our ranking of career and future-of-work books it is number 1 of 9 with a score of 90.0.
- What are the best alternatives to Co-Intelligence?
- The highest-ranked alternatives on listme.name are The Second Machine Age, Prediction Machines, Range, So Good They Can't Ignore You.
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