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Artificial intelligence can help a novice produce work that looks expert. But when the tool disappears, what ability remains?
The Ability We Borrow investigates the difference between what people can accomplish through AI and the knowledge, skill, judgment, conscience and responsibility they personally possess. It explains why fluent output can conceal dependency, how impressive results are distributed across users, models, training data, platforms and previous creators, and why access to capability is not the same as mastering it.
Across sixteen clear, evidence-led chapters, G B Edlin examines:
• the jagged frontier of present AI capability
• assistance, substitution and honest attribution
• accessibility and the liberation of expression
• the dependence, verification and responsibility tests
• education, work, trust, relationships and institutional power
• the human abilities worth deliberately preserving
Balanced, practical and written for general readers, this book neither dismisses AI nor mistakes performance for personhood. It offers a durable vocabulary for using powerful systems without surrendering judgment, accountability or human dignity.
The Ability We Borrow is Book 1 of The Borrowed Mind, a twelve-volume series about AI, human ability and the future of what we are.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Artificial intelligence can help a novice produce work that looks expert. But when the tool disappears, what ability remains? The Ability We Borrow investigates the difference between what people can accomplish through AI and the knowledge, skill, judgment, conscience and responsibility they personally possess. It explains why fluent output can conceal dependency, how impressive results are distributed across users, models, training data, platforms and previous creators, and why access to capability is not the same as mastering it. Across sixteen clear, evidence-led chapters, G B Edlin examines: - the jagged frontier of present AI capability- assistance, substitution and honest attribution- accessibility and the liberation of expression- the dependence, verification and responsibility tests- education, work, trust, relationships and institutional power- the human abilities worth deliberately preserving Balanced, practical and written for general readers, this book neither dismisses AI nor mistakes performance for personhood. It offers a durable vocabulary for using powerful systems without surrendering judgment, accountability or human dignity. The Ability We Borrow is Book 1 of The Borrowed Mind, a twelve-volume series about AI, human ability and the future of what we are. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798194577224
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Artificial intelligence can help a novice produce work that looks expert. But when the tool disappears, what ability remains The Ability We Borrow investigates the difference between what people can accomplish through AI and the knowledge, skill, judgment, conscience and responsibility they personally possess. It explains why fluent output can conceal dependency, how impressive results are distributed across users, models, training data, platforms and previous creators, and why access to capability is not the same as mastering it. Across sixteen clear, evidence-led chapters, G B Edlin examines: - the jagged frontier of present AI capability- assistance, substitution and honest attribution- accessibility and the liberation of expression- the dependence, verification and responsibility tests- education, work, trust, relationships and institutional power>Balanced, practical and written for general readers, this book neither dismisses AI nor mistakes performance for personhood. It offers a durable vocabulary for using powerful systems without surrendering judgment, accountability or human dignity. The Ability We Borrow is Book 1 of The Borrowed Mind, a twelve-volume series about AI, human ability and the future of what we are. Seller Inventory # 9798194577224
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Artificial intelligence can help a novice produce work that looks expert. But when the tool disappears, what ability remains? The Ability We Borrow investigates the difference between what people can accomplish through AI and the knowledge, skill, judgment, conscience and responsibility they personally possess. It explains why fluent output can conceal dependency, how impressive results are distributed across users, models, training data, platforms and previous creators, and why access to capability is not the same as mastering it. Across sixteen clear, evidence-led chapters, G B Edlin examines: - the jagged frontier of present AI capability- assistance, substitution and honest attribution- accessibility and the liberation of expression- the dependence, verification and responsibility tests- education, work, trust, relationships and institutional power- the human abilities worth deliberately preserving Balanced, practical and written for general readers, this book neither dismisses AI nor mistakes performance for personhood. It offers a durable vocabulary for using powerful systems without surrendering judgment, accountability or human dignity. The Ability We Borrow is Book 1 of The Borrowed Mind, a twelve-volume series about AI, human ability and the future of what we are. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798194577224
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