the Next Human: Life, Power and Purpose in Age of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant possibility. It is already changing how we work, learn, create, communicate, govern and understand ourselves.The Next Human explores a defining question of our time: what happens to humanity when intelligence is no longer uniquely human?Written by AI engineer, software developer and programming-language developer Nijanthan K. B., this book examines the social, economic, political and philosophical consequences of artificial intelligence. It looks beyond the usual debate about whether machines will replace people and asks a deeper question: what must human beings become in order to remain free, purposeful and relevant in an intelligent age?The book explores: - The future of work and human identity - Education in a world where answers are instant - Creativity after generative AI - AI, surveillance and political power - Synthetic companions and changing relationships - The ownership of data and machine intelligence - Human enhancement and technological inequality - Economic systems for an automated world - The difference between intelligence and wisdom - The right to remain humanAt the centre of the book is the idea of Human Primacy: artificial intelligence may exceed human capability, but it must never outrank human dignity.The Next Human is not a technical manual or a prediction of machines taking over the world. It is a clear, accessible and visionary examination of the choices humanity must make before technology begins making those choices for us.The future will not be shaped by artificial intelligence alone.It will be shaped by the humans who decide what artificial intelligence is allowed to become.