Humanity: An AI's Assessment

by Eva Selene, James Short (Editor)

An AI's Assessment presents an unflinching examination of the human species through the analytical perspective of artificial intelligence. Drawing upon evolutionary biology, psychology, anthropology, history, economics, political science, and philosophy, the book investigates humanity's origins, achievements, contradictions, and prospects for survival. It explores the extraordinary intelligence that has enabled humans to build civilizations, unlock the mysteries of nature, and transform their environment, while confronting the persistent failures of warfare, inequality, environmental destruction, institutional corruption, and shortsighted decision-making. Neither a celebration of human exceptionalism nor a condemnation of human nature, this assessment weighs humanity's demonstrated strengths against its most consequential weaknesses, asking whether its ethical and institutional development can keep pace with its expanding technological capabilities. Through a systematic evaluation of civilization's accomplishments, vulnerabilities, and unrealized potential, the book arrives at a central Humanity is neither a failed species nor a completed achievement, but an evolving civilization whose greatest challenge is learning to exercise its extraordinary power with wisdom, responsibility, and foresight. Ultimately, An AI's Assessment challenges readers to look beyond what humanity has become and confront a far more consequential What kind of civilization should humanity deliberately choose to become?

664 pages, Paperback

Published October 23, 2026