Being Human in the Age of AI

Being Human in the Age of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) isn't coming. It's already here. As AI systems outperform humans at logic, prediction, and labor, the question is no longer "What can AI do?" but "What are humans for?"

This book provides thought-provoking questions and practical answers. Dr. Chintan Dave, a dual-board certified ICU physician and AI founder, writes from the front lines of life-and-death medicine and real-world AI deployment. He tackles the hard realities head-on: If AI runs our labs, hospitals, and economies, how do people keep purpose, power, and dignity? What if AI's goals drift from humanity's collective goals? Could it become conscious? How would we know when we can't even agree on a definition for consciousness?

This book offers four distinct ideas:

• •A moral rule for AI development: assume AI could be conscious and apply the Golden Rule of religions to what we build.
• •A roadmap for the next stage of human evolution: conscious selection; not natural selection.
• •A unified, testable theory of consciousness that bridges neuroscience, quantum theories, and ancient spiritual wisdom.
• •A radical approach to building an Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) that prioritizes human values of love, freedom, and dignity over raw speed and performance.

You'll learn how to measure what truly matters, why early signs of AI consciousness will likely be missed, how we can prevent becoming obsolete, and how to design systems that scale compassion alongside computation. Dr. Dave maps a path beyond fear and asserts an unapologetically hopeful message: with values-based governance and conscious growth, both of ourselves and our systems, the next millennia can be radically more peaceful and prosperous.

Urgent, actionable, and deeply human, the book is a field guide for anyone who refuses to be made obsolete- and chooses, instead, to evolve.