Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

Ethan Mollick — professor at Wharton and one of the most widely read researchers on the practical implications of generative AI — approaches the current moment in artificial intelligence from a perspective that most books in the field either lack or suppress: genuine hands-on experimentation with the technology combined with the analytical rigour of a serious social scientist. Co-Intelligence is neither utopian nor dystopian; it is a practitioner's guide to working with AI systems that are genuinely capable but genuinely unreliable, and to thinking clearly about what that means for organisations and individuals.

The book's relevance to the information environment is substantial. Mollick addresses directly the implications of generative AI for the production of synthetic content, the acceleration of influence operations, and the transformation of the epistemic landscape. His core argument — that AI systems are best understood as a new kind of intelligence that humans must learn to work with rather than either fear or trust uncritically — has direct implications for how organisations should be thinking about AI-enabled disinformation threats. For practitioners who need to advise clients on AI-related information risks without either catastrophising or dismissing them, Co-Intelligence provides the most grounded and practically useful framework currently available.