Turn Your AI Into a Thinking Partner
Upload one file to your AI assistant and start a conversation about what AI means for your life, your work, and your future. The AI Companion to AI and the Art of Being Human gives you a thinking partner that knows the book’s frameworks, characters, and tools — and helps you apply them to your situation.
Free. No sign-up required. 78,000 words of the complete Pocket Edition with AI instructions.
Important: This companion works with Claude, Gemini, and Grok. It does not currently work with ChatGPT — ChatGPT retrieves only snippets of the file rather than reading it fully, which means it will miss content and give unreliable results.
What You Can Do With It
Everyone seems to have figured this out except you
You don't need to have a plan or even a question. Describe what you're feeling. The companion is designed to meet you where you are, not where you think you should be.
AI is changing your job and you don't know how you feel about it
Upload the companion, describe what's happening, and get help thinking through what actually matters to you — not what the headlines say should matter.
Your kids are using AI for everything
And you're trying to figure out what to encourage, what to limit, and what to talk about. Start with what's worrying you and get grounded, practical perspective.
A character's story stayed with you
Maybe it was Elena's shock when AI replicated her voice, or Sana's choice when her integrity was tested. Explore it in conversation — the AI knows every character's journey and can help you see what their experience reveals about your own.
You're the one making the AI decisions for everyone else
Your team, your organization, your community. You need frameworks, not hype. The companion can help you think through what matters before the pressure of the moment decides for you.
You want to see what happens when you get creative with this
Use the companion to build something — a personal framework, a workshop for your team, a way of thinking about AI you haven't seen anywhere else. Put yourself into a character's story. Argue with the book's ideas. Let your curiosity lead and see where you end up.
Upload it to your
AI assistant
We recommend Claude, Gemini, or Grok. For the best results, turn on any advanced reasoning or thinking mode your AI offers. Open a new conversation and attach the file.
HOW IT WORKS
Download the file
Click the button above. You’ll get a single .md (markdown) file. The first few pages in the file are for you to read — tips on getting started, which platforms work best, and example prompts to try.
Start a
Conversation
Type: “Follow the instructions in this file, then ask me what I’d like to explore.” That’s it. The AI takes it from there.
Please share this
This companion is free and licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Copy it, email it, post it, pass it along. Share it with colleagues navigating AI at work, students figuring out what AI means for their futures, or anyone grappling with what it means to be human when machines keep getting more capable. The more people exploring these ideas, the better the conversations we’ll all have.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A markdown file — it’s a plain text format that AI assistants can read. You don’t need to open it yourself (but you can if you want — and it does contain information for users). Just upload it directly to your AI assistant.
That's normal — your phone is displaying the file contents in the browser rather than downloading it. You don't need to read it (but you may find teh initial part interesting) . To save it, use your browser's "Share" menu and choose "Save to Files" (iPhone) or look for the download icon (Android). Then open your AI app, start a new conversation, and attach the file from your files. If that feels fiddly, it's often easier to download and upload the file from a laptop or desktop.
The file includes the complete Pocket Edition text with AI instructions. There's also a short guide at the top with tips on getting started, platform recommendations, and example prompts. You don't need to read it before uploading — but it's there if you want it.
Unfortunately, no. The current version of ChatGPT doesn’t process the complete file — it retrieves snippets, which means it misses content and gives unreliable results. We’ve tested it extensively and it’s not something we can currently recommend. We suggest Claude (by Anthropic), Gemini (by Google), or Grok instead.
No. The companion works whether you’ve read the book cover to cover, just picked it up, or haven’t read it yet. It’s designed to meet you where you are.
Yes. Free to download, free to share. We ask that you credit the authors and don’t modify the file.
We recommend Claude (by Anthropic), Gemini (by Google), or Grok. For the best results, turn on any advanced reasoning or thinking mode your AI offers.
Please do. Email it, post it, pass it along. It’s licensed under Creative Commons for exactly this purpose.
Some AI platforms don’t process the complete file (such as the current version of ChatGPT). Try one of the recommended platforms, or tell the AI: “You haven’t read the complete file. Please try again.”
Absolutely. The AI won't pretend to be the characters, but it knows their stories deeply. You can ask what a character faced, how they handled it, and what their experience might mean for your situation. Some readers find that exploring a character's journey is the best way to make sense of their own.
Whatever you bring to it. Some people use it to think through a difficult decision. Others explore the book's tools for their specific context. Some people put themselves into a character's story and see what emerges. Others have used it to build personal frameworks, create resources for their teams (including apps and websites), or even develop new ways of thinking about AI in their lives. The companion is designed to follow your curiosity — so let it.
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