What does it mean to be human in the age of AI?
Being human in an age of AI means embracing the qualities machines can never truly possess—our creativity, our intentionality, our clarity, and our care.
AI and the Art of Being Human shows how these four values guide us to transform AI from a source of disruption into a partner in becoming more fully ourselves.
“What makes me irreplaceable when AI can replicate what I do?”
The AI revolution isn't about whether machines will replace us—it's about who thrives when they can replicate almost everything we do. This book provides what's been missing: frameworks for transforming our most human qualities into our greatest advantage.
This book is for you if you’ve
This book is for you if you’ve ever Experienced
ever experienced
Amazement
Excitement
Anxiety
when AI replicates something you believed was uniquely part of who you are, and you’re struggling to make sense of it.
Amazement,
Excitement,
Anxiety
"At once engaging and practical, the authors have furnished a road map for the new world."
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and author of 7 Rules of Power.
Authors Jeff Abbott (L) and Andrew Maynard (R)
Why this book matters now
This isn’t another technology Cycle we can gradually adapt to
The code being written today, the habits being formed, the systems being scaled—these will become tomorrow's infrastructure, as hard to change as language itself.
The choices we make in this compressed moment will echo for generations.
Drawing from Abbott's work with hundreds of professionals navigating AI adoption and use, and Maynard's decades of research on human futures and technological transformation, this isn't speculation—it's a practitioner's guide built from the front lines of the AI revolution.
This book gives you tools to navigate one of the most profound and transformative transitions in human history without losing yourself along the way.
Meet the Authors
Authors Jeff Abbott and Andrew Maynard wrestled with these questions in their own lives and developed tools in the book to navigate this new normal.
Jeff Abbott is a Founding Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures and the Founder of AI Salon, a global community with more than 60 chapters.
Andrew Maynard is a Professor at ASU where he explores technology transitions and is the director of Future of Being Human initiative.
We're living through one of the fastest technological transformations in human history.
What took the internet decades and smartphones years, AI is achieving in the blink of an eye. ChatGPT reached 100 million users in just two months—one of the fastest uptakes of a new technology ever.
And this is just the beginning. AI is poised to impact every aspect of our lives over the coming decade, from where we live, how we live, and what we do, to our deepest understandings of who we are.
This isn't just another technology cycle that we can gradually adapt to. We have perhaps a five-year window—maybe less—to shape how humanity and AI evolve together.
"Not just a vision of a future of people and technology working together, but a roadmap to get there."
Euan Blair, CEO and Founder of Multiverse
What you'll master
Practical tools that reveal how AI doesn’t have to diminish us. But rather, if approached in the right way, can enhance and amplify what makes us uniquely human.
Intentionality
Choose consciously rather than following algorithmic momentum of suggested answers
The Four Core Principles
The Uniquely Human Qualities AI Can’t Replace
Curiosity
Stay willing to be surprised—resist defaulting to the obvious answer
The Tools
This book gives you Tools to help navigate one of the most profound and transformative transitions in human history without losing yourself along the way.
Care
Choose human flourishing over pure optimization to ensure desired outcomes
Clarity
See what the AI tool or model misses—the human context beneath the data
"A practical, human-centric, optimistic guide to thriving in times of AI."
Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau, Special Envoy, Techleap.nl
"The future of work isn’t about resisting AI, but partnering with it wisely."
Tom Kelley, Co-author of Creative Confidence
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Frequently Asked Questions
This book is for anyone navigating the uncertainty of AI -- leaders, professionals, educators, families, students and everyday learners. If AI leaves you curious, unsettled, or questioning your place, it offers clarity, tools and a human-centered compass to guide you.
Don't just read, practice. The book introduces reflective tools and short exercises you can apply immediately when AI surprises you. Use it like a field guide: pause, scan, and act with curiosity, intentionality, clarity and care.
The book includes practical, repeatable frameworks -- like the Curiosity Loop, the 4-Lens Scan, and the Identity Matrix-- among others. A total of 21 tools that transform disruption into moments of awareness and growth. Each tool takes minutes to apply yet builds long-term resilience and trust.
You can revisit the exercises whenever AI unsettles you, but you're not alone. Start a micro-circle of your own, and/or join the global AI Salon Community
where readers, leaders, and practitioners share experiences, practice the tools and learn together.
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