Machine Work

A Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023 A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters. All of Earth’s oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge flows of energy, water...

In this updated and expanded edition of Human + Machine—including a new chapter on gen AI—Daugherty and Wilson show that the essence of the AI paradigm shift is the transformation of all business processes within an organization, whether related to breakthrough innovation, everyday customer service, or personal productivity habits. As humans and smart machines collaborate ever more closely, work processes become more fluid and adaptive, enabling companies to change them on the fly—or completely reimagine them.

In The Second Machine Age MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee—two thinkers at the forefront of their field—reveal the forces driving the reinvention of our lives and our economy. As the full impact of digital technologies is felt, we will realize immense bounty in the form of dazzling personal technology, advanced infrastructure, and near-boundless access to the cultural items that enrich our lives. Amid this bounty will also be wrenching change. Recent economic indicators reflect this shift: fewer people are working, and wages are falling even as productivity and profits soar.

From award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is transforming our working lives in unpredictable ways A tsunami of change, we are told, is sweeping the economy, as robots and AI threaten to take over tasks done by humans. But while we...

La inteligencia artificial está cambiando el trabajo de todos. Quedarse al margen ya no es una opción. Ryan Roslansky y Aneesh Raman te muestran cómo enfrentar este momento con claridad y confianza. Open to Work es una obra indispensable para entender cómo la inteligencia artificial está transformando el mundo laboral y qué podemos hacer para seguir siendo relevantes en medio de tal cambio. La IA modificará los empleos actuales, pero también abrirá nuevas oportunidades para quienes sepan combinar tecnología con capacidades exclusivamente humanas.

The extraordinary true story of Lockheed Martin’s “Skunk Works”—the radical innovation hub that designed the greatest airplanes of the twentieth century—and the visionary who made it all possible "A kerosene-soaked masterclass in what extreme innovation looks, feels, and even smells...

Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, with the help of his friend newspaper reporter Hutchison Hatch, solves a variety of mysteries using cold, hard logic. No matter how twisted the trail of clues or how clever the perpetrator, Professor Van Dusen, aptly dubbed “The Thinking Machine”, reminds us that “two and two make four, not some times, but all the time”.

Personal AI agents, systems that perceive, decide, and act on your behalf, are no longer enterprise technology. They are available to any professional with a laptop and the right framework. The Agentic Workflow Book is the definitive step-by-step guide to deploying your own AI agent stack: an Inbox Governor that triages email overnight, a Calendar Architect that protects your deep-work hours, a Content Ghostwriter that publishes in your voice, and a Research Agent that delivers daily industry intelligence before your first meeting.

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO CLAUDE COWORK — NOW FULLY UPDATED FOR DISPATCH, COMPUTER USE, PLUGINS, AND EVERYTHING ANTHROPIC HAS SHIPPED SINCE LAUNCH. Claude Cowork launched in January 2026 and changed what's possible for knowledge workers. Delegate real tasks to AI: organising files, creating documents, extracting data from receipts, conducting research — all without writing a single line of code. This handbook was the first comprehensive guide to Cowork. This second edition brings it fully up to date with a product that has moved fast. Since launch, Anthropic has shipped Windows support, a...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Make financial freedom real with the right mindset, right process, and right action steps Does it feel like you’re missing out on life because you can't get your finances in order? Are you seeking a life free of financial fear and full of meaning, purpose, and impact? The...

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year The "rich and gripping" true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today (Naomi Klein) The most urgent story in modern tech begins...

Brought to you by Penguin. A revelatory portrait of the visionary behind Google DeepMind, the race to control the future – and what it means to win Even in a tech world crowded with visionary leaders, Demis Hassabis is recognized as a special case. Born to working class, immigrant parents in...

Streamed by millions every day, porn is everywhere. It shapes our culture, our relationships, and even technology. Yet, nobody seems to know who really controls the business. The power brokers tend to lurk in the shadows, while their performers remain quite literally exposed. In The Kink Machine: The Hidden Business of Adult Entertainment, two Financial Times journalists, Patricia Nilsson and Alex Barker, start digging into the porn industry and following where the money flows.

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way people approach work, organization, and productivity. AI-Powered Everyday Work is a practical guide designed to help beginners use AI tools to simplify daily tasks, improve efficiency, and build stronger workflows. Whether you are managing projects, organizing information, writing content, or planning your day, this book provides accessible strategies for making AI a valuable part of your routine.

A collection of shockingly prescient stories covering topics from aliens to AI, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogy Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning...

Your Team Just Got a New Co-Worker Who Never Sleeps, Never Complains, and Never Asks for a Raise. AI can now draft the reports, analyze the data, write the code, and handle the tasks your team used to spend all week on. The question every manager is asking — whether they admit it or not — is: what exactly am I managing now? Here's the truth nobody at the leadership offsite will say out loud: the old management playbook is dead. You can't lead by knowing more than your team when AI knows more than all of you. You can't manage by overseeing execution when machines execute faster. And you ...

You didn’t save time, you just started managing AI. You try to get AI to do something. You write a prompt, expecting it to handle the task. It gives you an answer… but it’s not really what you wanted. So you tweak it. Add a bit more detail. Try again. Now there’s another issue. Something still feels off. So you adjust it again. Rewrite parts of it. Clarify what you meant. And it keeps going like this. Each time, you get a little closer… but never quite there. So you step in again—guiding it, correcting it, fixing it. Before long, you’re constantly tweaking and micromanaging ...

This is a practical, non-technical guide for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and curious minds. This comprehensive guide on agentic AI cuts through the hype and offers a clear, jargon-free strategic roadmap to understanding and applying this technology. The authors bring a rare perspective, having implemented agentic AI across diverse organizations—from global enterprises to agile startups—witnessing both remarkable successes and sobering failures.

A collection of actionable AI tools you can apply immediately to help your nonprofit drive social impact and changeIn AI for Nonprofits: Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work for Your Cause, a team of leading nonprofit experts and social entrepreneurs delivers a startlingly insightful, strategic “how-to guide” for nonprofit and foundation leaders, board members, and volunteers, as well as higher education professionals and social entrepreneurs looking to deploy and integrate artificial intelligence tailored to their organization's mission and needs.

AI agent technology is changing fast! This totally revised Second Edition of "AI Agents in Action" by Micheal Lanham guides you through the latest breakthroughs in large language model (LLM)-powered autonomy, from the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to advanced multi-agent collaboration and deployment. Whether you're upgrading your customer service systems, creating a research assistant, or deploying a fleet of internal agents to automate enterprise tasks, this hands-on guide will help you build trustworthy agents that can handle high-stakes tasks.