Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
By Douglas R. Hofstadter
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The best books about artificial intelligence (and what they tell us about human intelligence)
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By Douglas R. Hofstadter
The best books about artificial intelligence (and what they tell us about human intelligence)
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By Hannah Fry
This is a clever and highly readable guide to the brave new world of algorithms: what they are, how they work, and their strengths and weaknesses. It’s packed with stories and vivid examples, but Dr Fry is a serious mathematician and when it comes to the crunch she is well able to show it with clear and rigorous analysis.
The best books to think clearly about data
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By Steven Levy
Hackers is a classic account of the computer revolution, centered on the pioneering tinkerers, gamers, social theorists, entrepreneurs, and other explorers who made military and corporate technology personal. These are not hackers in the criminal sense most people understand the term today, but men (and a few women) like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and others far less famous. Their interwoven biographies are brilliantly researched and reported, underpinned by what Levy calls a common “hacker ethic” whose tenets dominate our economy, politics, and culture today.
The best books on hackers and hacking
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By Ian McEwan
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By Terrence J. Sejnowski
Early attempts at AI were limited, but once computational power took off big computers running multilayer neural nets began proving that they could defeat humans at the…
The best books for understanding the brain and behavior
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By Martin Ford
This book provides a good introduction to the current state of machine intelligence through interviews with many leading practitioners including Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, Stuart Russell, and Demis Hassabis (DeepMind). You will get a sense of both of AI’s recent accomplishments and how far it falls short of full human intelligence.
The best books on intelligence in humans, animals, and machines
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