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Free Chapter Preview — AI Book by Glen Ansell

Read three sample chapters from More Than Parrots, Less Than Gods. A taste from the beginning, middle, and heart of this field guide to the human-AI partnership.

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What AI Actually Is (And What It Isn't)

Pattern recognition at scale. The five things people wrongly believe about AI. What AI does better than humans — and where it fails catastrophically.

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The Team Chapter — Upskilling Without Replacement

Who gets replaced, who gets amplified, and who becomes more valuable. The reskilling roadmap for the AI era.

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The Ethics & Governance Guide

Bias, transparency, accountability, and the frameworks that keep your AI deployment on the right side of history.

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Free AI Book Preview — Read Before You Buy

"More Than Parrots, Less Than Gods" is a comprehensive field guide to the human-AI partnership. These three free preview chapters represent the beginning, middle, and heart of the book — giving you a genuine sense of the author's voice, depth, and practical orientation before you purchase.

Chapter 1: What AI Actually Is (And What It Isn't)

This opening chapter dismantles the most common misconceptions about artificial intelligence. It explains pattern recognition at scale, distinguishes between different types of AI systems, and establishes the critical framework that runs through the entire book: AI is more than a parrot that mimics, but less than a god that understands.

Chapter 9: The Team Chapter — Upskilling Without Replacement

The middle of the book addresses the question everyone asks: will AI take my job? This chapter provides a methodology for evaluating augmentation versus replacement in any role, and offers practical frameworks for building AI-ready teams without abandoning the people who built your organization.

Chapter 13: The Ethics & Governance Guide

The heart of the book tackles the hardest questions. Not abstract philosophy, but governance structures that actually get adopted in real organizations. Bias detection, usage policies, review committees, and the uncomfortable trade-offs between speed and safety in AI implementation.

About the Full Book

The complete edition contains 19 chapters across six major themes: AI fundamentals, business strategy, workforce transformation, ethics and governance, future of work, and practical implementation. At 89,000 words with 200+ sources, it is designed as a reference you return to rather than a narrative you read once.

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