In 'Superminds,' an argument for calm about robots, artificial intelligence, and jobs

But with the support of computers they can do a lot more. An MIT Sloan expert on collective intelligence says that's a good thing. Superminds are groups of people working together -- in hierarchies, democracies, markets, communities, or ecosystems. Professor Thomas W. Malone, director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, analyzes how computers can make these groups even more powerful in his new book, "Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together." In the book, Malone dispels the popular perception that work will be automated out of existence (for better or worse, depending on who you're talking to).