Books & Reading / Memoir & Nonfiction
Ethan Mollick · AI / work and society
Linked edition: UK paperback · ISBN 9780753562369. Amazon US listing: 0753562367.
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Our editorial assessment
The most productive reading approach is to choose one workplace decision before opening the book. Compare its argument with what you can observe in a small, reversible task, and record where the comparison breaks down. That makes an AI book more useful than a collection of predictions you cannot assess.
Best suited to: Readers wanting to examine AI’s effect on work and learning.
Consider another choice if: Readers expecting a permanent instruction manual for changing tools.
Assessment of the published premise and edition information; this is not a claim of a full-book reading or a hands-on inspection.
Current U.S. bestseller watch · Checked 1 November 2026. Publishers Weekly: Hardcover nonfiction #14, week ended 24 October 2026, 2 November print edition. This is a dated U.S. sales signal, not a worldwide ranking.
An AI book is easier to assess when you bring a real question to it. Ethan Mollick’s Co-Existence is positioned by its publisher around living alongside increasingly capable, fallible machines. This guide suggests a way to read that question critically, without turning a book announcement into an endorsement of a particular tool.
The book’s stated starting question
Portfolio’s record asks how people can live alongside machines that can exceed human performance in some settings while still failing unpredictably. It identifies Ethan Mollick as the author, following his earlier Co-Intelligence. The current guide concerns Co-Existence, not a renamed edition of that previous book.
Choose a small question before opening it
Write down one task you care about: drafting a proposal, reviewing a document or organising information. Ask what good performance would look like and who would notice an error. While reading, separate a broad claim about AI from the evidence relevant to that task. A striking example in another field may be thought-provoking without being enough to change your own working process.
Make a useful reading note
Try a page with three headings: a claim worth examining, evidence you would want and a decision that remains yours. Record the date of any product example you later investigate, because services and capabilities change. This is an editorial reading exercise, not a summary of the author’s chapter structure. The point is to leave with better questions, not simply a list of tool names.
Edition to check
The Portfolio hardcover record is ISBN 9798217181391, published on 20 October 2026. Match both the title and author when looking at listings for Co-Existence and Co-Intelligence. For a group, choose the same format or agree on chapter titles rather than relying only on page numbers.
Sources and approach: Publishers Weekly U.S. sales chart and publisher edition record and cover, checked 1 November 2026. The reading suggestions here are our editorial guidance; this is a sourced book briefing, not a firsthand review or star rating. Formats, stock and prices should be checked with the retailer.
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