Human Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Thinking Together
By Francesco Iarlori · English edition
My new book is now available on Amazon Kindle.
What if the most important intelligence of the future belongs neither to humans nor to machines, but emerges between them?
For centuries, intelligence has been understood primarily as a property of individuals: the ability to reason, learn, remember, solve problems, and make decisions.
Artificial Intelligence is challenging this assumption.
As machines acquire increasingly sophisticated cognitive capabilities, the fundamental question is no longer simply whether AI can match or surpass human intelligence. A more consequential question is emerging: how does intelligence change when humans, machines, organisations, and institutions begin thinking together?
Intelligence has never been entirely individual
He argues that intelligence has never been entirely individual. Language, writing, mathematics, institutions, and technologies have always extended our cognitive capabilities. AI represents a new stage in this historical evolution, introducing forms of machine cognition that can complement, challenge, and sometimes reshape human judgement.
Questions about our collective future
The book explores fundamental questions about our collective future:
- Why has intelligence traditionally been associated with individual minds?
- What can machines perceive and discover that humans cannot?
- Why is prediction fundamentally different from judgement?
- How do organisations become cognitive systems?
- What happens when artificial intelligence enters institutional decision-making?
- Who should retain authority when machines become capable of making consequential recommendations?
- How can we design relationships between humans and AI that produce better intelligence rather than simply faster decisions?
The future of thinking together
Moving beyond the familiar debate about humans versus machines, The Intelligence Between Us proposes a different perspective: intelligence is increasingly relational, distributed, and shaped by the systems through which people and technologies interact.
The future of intelligence will not be determined solely by what humans can do or what machines can achieve, but by what we learn to become together.
Who this book is for
A thought-provoking exploration for readers interested in Artificial Intelligence, the philosophy of technology, organisational intelligence, leadership, and the future of human cognition.
Book details
The Intelligence Between Us
Human Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Thinking Together
By Francesco Iarlori
- Format: Kindle Edition
- Language: English
- Publisher: Human Meaning Press
- Publication date: 1 November 2026
- Edition: 1st
- Print length listed on Amazon: 502 pages
- ISBN-13: 979-1298648234
- ASIN: B0HNHFZC1K
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About the author
Francesco Iarlori is an independent researcher, strategist, speaker and technology executive with more than thirty years of international experience in artificial intelligence, digital transformation, organisational systems and innovation. His work explores the intersection of AI, governance, organisational intelligence and human meaning. He is a university lecturer, keynote speaker and advisor on AI strategy.
Also by Francesco Iarlori: The Architecture of Thought.
