Check your subscription status, update your details and more. How to build a real relationship with AI and keep your cognitive edge Co-Existence by Ethan Mollick is an excellent practical guide to effectively collaborating with AI without relinquishing our most valuable human cognitive capabilities, says Daniel Cossins AI will help transform robosurgery, like this pilot scheme in France Maybe I should be embarrassed to admit this, but I have made precious little effort to engage with artificial intelligence. I don’t doubt it will be transformative.
That much is already clear. It’s more that I worry about what happens when we outsource our thinking, what I lose personally if relying on AI leads to some sort of cognitive atrophy, and what becomes of us all when we surrender intellectual effort. In his new book _Co-Existence: The next phase of AI_, Ethan Mollick makes a convincing case that I have been too wary and complacent.
The book amounts to a clear-minded manifesto for cautiously embracing AI, a pleasingly practical guide to how each of us can collaborate with it effectively without relinquishing our most valuable cognitive capabilities, and a wide-ranging exploration of what this new relationship might mean. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with _New Scientist_ events and special offers. #### Comment ### This prize-winning sci-fi novel about wolf rewilding made me cry Culture #### Comment ### Time Traveler’s Wife sequel is far more complex than its predecessor Culture #### Comment ### Hidden sounds of nature brought to life in fascinating new book Culture #### Comment ### Let’s celebrate Star Trek by launching a Le Creuset pan into the sky!
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