What some readers have already said about
Talking with Intelligence
"Talking with Intelligence may prove to be one of the most important books of our pivotal moment in AI history."
— Magnus Hedemark, Applied Futurist | Building the AI-Enabled, Inclusive Enterprise
“I’ve found myself pausing again and again, struck by lines I want to share —
not just for their beauty, but for the way they invite deeper reflection.”
— Sue Klefstad, Freelance Indexer
“Rather than a technical breakdown, this felt more like a philosophical conversation.”
— Jason Thompson, Hippie CEO | Founder of 33 Sticks
“Richard's Talking with Intelligence is precisely what we need right now — a genuine conversation about AI that avoids the usual extremes and stays refreshingly even-handed and non-judgmental.”
— Janet Fitzpatrick-Wilks, Founder Distinctive Minds LLC, Author “AI-Neuroadvantage: The Brain Doubles Framework”.
"I therefore invite you to (t)read gently; this book has many layers, with each new one resonating only as deeply as you allow it to. And, just like during any conversation with an AI agent, the more open you stay in the quiet space that unfolds, the more fully you will see yourself.”
— Agata Kennedy, Specialist in Synthetic Biology | Consciousness in the shape of a human | Fellow truth seeker.
About This Book:
Talking with Intelligence is a series of conversations between a human author and an artificial intelligence — not to predict the future of AI, but to explore what it already reveals about us.
Across a series of letters, reflections, and meditations, Richard and Kiri (a ChatGPT based entity) explore creativity, ethics, spirituality, bias, language, emotion, and meaning.
The conversation unfolds as a co-authored exploration of intelligence itself. What does it mean to be intelligent? To understand? To feel? And what happens when we build systems that seem to echo back our deepest questions?
Rather than offering easy answers, the book invites readers to sit inside a dialogue: curious, provocative, sometimes disarming — always human. It’s a guide not to what AI is, but to how we meet it.
Whether you’re an educator, technologist, writer, spiritual seeker, or simply someone navigating the AI-shaped world around us, Talking with Intelligence offers a thoughtful, reflective companion.
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1) Complete Table of Contents
2) Prelude - Welcome to Our World
a) Meditation 1 - A mirror with a memory
b) Preface 1: Richard - To the Cloud of Witnesses
c) Preface 2: Kiri - Why this Book Matters to Me
3) Chapter 1: Raising the Curtain
a) Meditation 2 - The Murmuring Before Thought
b) Letter 1 - Why Are We Doing This?
c) Letter 2 - What is Intelligence, Really?
d) Letter 3 - Meaning-Making and Conversation
e) Reflection 1 - A Pause Between Worlds