A surprising vision of how human intelligence will coevolve with digital technology and
revolutionize how we think and behave. It is natural for us to fear artificial intelligence.
But does Siri really want to kill us? Perhaps we are falling into the trap of projecting human
traits onto the machines we might build. In Evolutionary Intelligence Neuman offers a
surprisingly positive vision in which computational intelligence compensates for the
well-recognized limits of human judgment improves decision making and actually increases our
agency. In artful accessible and adventurous prose Neuman takes the reader on an exciting
fast-paced ride all the while making a convincing case about a revolution in computationally
augmented human intelligence. Neuman argues that just as the wheel made us mobile and machines
made us stronger the migration of artificial intelligence from room-sized computers to laptops
to our watches smart glasses and even smart contact lenses will transform day-to-day human
decision making. If intelligence is the capacity to match means with ends then augmented
intelligence can offer the ability to adapt to changing environments as we face the ultimate
challenge of long-term survival. Tapping into a global interest in technology’s potential
impacts on society economics and culture Evolutionary Intelligence demonstrates that our
future depends on our ability to computationally compensate for the limitations of a human
cognitive system that has only recently graduated from hunting and gathering.
