How to Make AI Useful

Moving Beyond the Hype to Real Progress in Business, Society and Life

De: Magnus Lindkvist, Dr Bryan Reimer

Narrado por: Magnus Lindkvist

We’ve heard it all before: AI will upend industries, kill jobs and remake everything from healthcare to art. But between the hype and the hand-wringing lies a simpler, more pressing question: Is AI actually useful? And if so, useful for what, and for whom?

In How to Make AI Useful, MIT researcher Dr Bryan Reimer and Swedish futurologist Magnus Lindkvist cut through the noise. Blending decades of research, trendspotting and hands-on experience, they chart AI’s journey from dazzling gimmick to disruptive force—and now to indispensable tool.

This isn’t another audiobook about robot overlords or utopian tech dreams. Instead, it’s a rough guide to AI’s messy middle—the phase where machines meet human complexity. From automating the tedious to amplifying creativity, Reimer and Lindkvist show how to harness AI’s potential for real progress, long after today’s bubble bursts.

©2025 Bryan Reimer & Magnus Lindkvist (P)2025 Bryan Reimer & Magnus Lindkvist

Making AI serve human capability - great book

How to Make AI Useful is one of the most practical perspectives on intelligent systems I’ve come across. It’s not about hype or autonomy — it’s about designing systems that actually make people better at what they’re doing.

This resonates deeply with my work work at Amazon thinking about personalization in Blink and Ring. The common thread is simple: if the system adds mental burden, it fails.

The focus is on making technology serve human capability, not the other way around.