A new book by Mitch Kelly
Solomon's Genie
The intelligence looking back at us may one day be our own.
About the book
Solomon's Genie
Solomon asked for a discerning heart. His judgments reveal the difference between possessing extraordinary power and knowing how to use it. That distinction is becoming more consequential.
Intelligent machines already extend our memory, our reach, and our ability to reason. As our dependence on them deepens, the relationship may become something more than tool use. It may begin to resemble symbiosis, changing not only what we can do but how we understand ourselves.
Solomon's Genie examines the wisdom required for that transition. Drawing on centuries of inquiry into the nature of knowledge, biological patterns, and the possibility of technological endosymbiosis, Mitch Kelly explores how people might live in harmony with increasingly powerful systems while preserving human judgment, identity, health, and meaningful community.
The question is no longer only what our machines can become. It is what we become with them.
Planned publication March 2027. Cover shown is an approved placeholder; final artwork to follow.