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We're two months into the new year and you're probably looking at a new collection of books to add to your reading list. Your library is already full of books on personal development, but how many books on ai have you read?
Learning about the world of ai in the current state and in the future is important for anyone's learning today. It is better to know the world we live in than to be baffled when artificial intelligence systems and other tools are implemented without knowing the real reasons and results behind it.
In this article, I will review 5 highly recommended books to learn more about ai in the year 2024.
Link: Life 3.0
Author: Max Tegmark
Author Max Tegmark is a physicist and machine learning researcher who dives into the 3 different levels of life from the universe, from the simple form of biological species that cannot change their software, to species that can change their software design, even technological species. species that can design both their software and their hardware.
Learn which category you fit into: the techno-skeptics who believe AGI won't be effectively implemented for another 100 years or the beneficial group in the ai movement who believe human AGI is possible in this century.
Link: Superintelligence: paths, dangers, strategies
Author: Nick Bostrom
Author Nick Bostrom offers us this classic where he explains that the distance between a village idiot and Einstein is very small because the intelligence of ai possibly exceeds both scales of human intelligence.
Understand the crossover points where ai systems can become smarter on their own and delve into the author's view on superintelligence's ability to move quickly and explosively. Two ways of designing superintelligence machines are mentioned in this book: the current way of teaching computers to imitate human intelligence and whole-brain simulation, where the computer simulates the human brain.
Link: The coming wave
Author: Mustafa Süleyman
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, brings one of the latest books on ai and mentions recent advances such as robots and large language models. The book is divided into 4 parts: Homo Technologicus, The Next Wave, State of Failure and Through the Wave. These different chapters talk about the acceleration and movement of technology in the history of humanity, where each of these movements comes and goes like waves and is continually improved.
Dive into different aspects and incentives that drive the progress of technology such as finance, politics, human ego, human curiosity, changing the world and who ends up winning the race.
Link: technology-Prosperity/dp/B0BSVGM138/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RDHN4HLYF97M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RSCpT4mJ-zVgc2f7mQHCHFJiyRFoz1af9yHIOrVoe9s4zh33t7Ae2LWEWH5mJ874MbUBPMNnWIHixiep0gMmAg1V7J71cHXKCgO4T4uLp10.OTel7b1jn6aKPZa-wAcZBzP5f0PqbZoaVwMp6YQG-II&dib_tag=se&keywords=Power+and+Progress&qid=1709030132&s=audible&sprefix=power+and+progress%2Caudible%2C91&sr=1-1″ rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Power and progress
Author: Simon Johnson and Daron Acemoglu
Immerse yourself in a book that examines the relationship between technology, prosperity and social progress. The majority of society believes or has been fed that technological advances lead to social progress. In this book, the authors challenge this claim by emphasizing that technological advances can cause inequality, from which only a small group of individuals and corporations benefit.
We can stand by this statement, as we have seen in recent years: some companies have become millionaires overnight, while lower-income families have seen a further decrease in their income and also an increase in layoffs.
Are humans underestimated? Should we let humans continue doing what they are good at thanks to human intelligence and let machines continue doing what they are good at?
Link: Human Compatible
Author: Stuart Russell
Author Stuart Russell, co-author of the third textbook on artificial intelligence. Although the title sounds a bit serious, the book is a fun read and delves into how designing intelligent machines is important in solving human problems, while ensuring that they do not cause harm to humans.
The first section delves into ai in general and why it is important to build superintelligent machines that are compatible with human goals. He states in the book “Success would be the greatest event in the history of humanity, and perhaps the last event in the history of humanity.”
If you haven't already, I recommend adding this to your reading list. You don't have to be a technology or artificial intelligence professional to want to learn more about the world we live in with technological advances; you are simply doing the proper preparation and learning for it.
If there are any other books you would recommend to the community, please leave them in the comments section below. Thank you!
nisha arya is a data scientist, freelance technical writer, and KDnuggets editor and community manager. She is particularly interested in providing professional data science advice or tutorials and theory-based insights into data science. Nisha covers a wide range of topics and wants to explore the different ways in which artificial intelligence can benefit the longevity of human life. Nisha, a great student, seeks to expand her technological knowledge and her writing skills, while she helps mentor others.
