In a world rapidly transformed by artificial intelligence, your ability to thrive depends more on your mindset than your technical skill. Rewiring Your Mind for AI isn't a technical manual-it's a survival guide for working professionals, students, educators, leaders, and anyone navigating the accelerating impact of generative AI. Author and educator David A. Wood, Ph.D., argues that the most important shift we need to make isn't learning to code or mastering AI tools-it's updating our thinking. In this book, you'll discover how your long-held beliefs, assumptions, and habits may be holding you back-and how changing them can unlock new levels of productivity, creativity, and career relevance. With vivid real-life stories-from confused grandparents to innovative college students-Wood illustrates how mindsets formed in earlier technological eras can limit our potential in today's AI-driven landscape.
Whether it's assuming AI works like Google or expecting it to behave like a calculator, most of us are using outdated mental models that no longer serve us. This book teaches you to recognize those traps and replace them with more flexible, forward-thinking mental habits. You'll learn the difference between deterministic and probabilistic thinking and why that matters when working with AI tools like ChatGPT. You'll understand why hallucinations happen, how to use AI safely, and when to trust it (and when not to). Rather than fearing AI's creative unpredictability, you'll learn how to harness it to become a more effective problem solver, communicator, and collaborator. Packed with powerful examples-from Hollywood production studios to boardrooms, classrooms, and hospitals-Rewiring Your Mind for AI shows how generative AI is already transforming every industry. You'll see how leading companies are using it to save time, cut costs, and do things that were previously impossible, and you'll explore how people use it every day to elevate their work.