🤖 Ai Skepticism

Books that push back against the hype surrounding artificial intelligence, questioning its capabilities, its risks, and the corporate narratives driving its adoption. Essential reading for anyone who wants to think critically about the technology reshaping society.

AI Snake Oil

by Arvind Narayanan • 2024

AI isn't one thing. What predicts barely beats random chance; what creates is widely misused.

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2k+

🧠 Ai Critique 🔍 Tech Skepticism 📊 Predictive Algorithms

AI Snake Oil 93%

AI isn't one thing. What predicts barely beats random chance; what creates is widely misused.

by Arvind Narayanan 2024

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧠 Ai Critique 🔍 Tech Skepticism 📊 Predictive Algorithms

Artificial Intelligence

by Neil Wilkins • 2019

The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.

3.18

🔍 Technology Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Privacy

Artificial Intelligence 92%

The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.

by Neil Wilkins 2019

3.18

17 ratings

🔍 Technology Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Privacy

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence

by Erik J. Larson • 2021

Computers can't guess. That single limitation makes human-level AI a myth, not an inevitability.

3.96

935

⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 💻 Computational Limits 💡 Pragmatism

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence Summary

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence 91%

Computers can't guess. That single limitation makes human-level AI a myth, not an inevitability.

by Erik J. Larson 2021

3.96

935 ratings

⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 💻 Computational Limits 💡 Pragmatism

Algorithms Are Not Enough

by Herbert L. Roitblat • 2020

Specialized AI thrives in boxes we design. A thinking machine must build its own.

4.00

🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💡 Human Intelligence

Algorithms Are Not Enough 91%

Specialized AI thrives in boxes we design. A thinking machine must build its own.

by Herbert L. Roitblat 2020

4.00

23 ratings

🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💡 Human Intelligence

Computer Power and Human Reason

by Joseph Weizenbaum • 1976

The computer's greatest danger isn't outthinking us; it's that we'll remake ourselves in its image.

4.31

294

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 🤖 Ai Criticism ⚖️ Computer Ethics

Computer Power and Human Reason 89%

The computer's greatest danger isn't outthinking us; it's that we'll remake ourselves in its image.

by Joseph Weizenbaum 1976

4.31

294 ratings

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 🤖 Ai Criticism ⚖️ Computer Ethics

What to Think About Machines That Think

by John Brockman • 2015

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

3.37

571

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

What to Think About Machines That Think Summary

What to Think About Machines That Think 89%

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

by John Brockman 2015

3.37

571 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

Surviving AI

by Calum Chace • 2015

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

3.88

608

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Surviving AI 89%

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

by Calum Chace 2015

3.88

608 ratings

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Minds, Brains and Science

by John Rogers Searle • 1984

Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.

3.76

626

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Cognitive Science

Minds, Brains and Science 89%

Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.

by John Rogers Searle 1984

3.76

626 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Cognitive Science

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

by Janelle Shane • 2019

AI isn't outsmarting us; it's misnaming a kitten. A tour of machine learning's weirdest failures.

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5k+

🤖 Ai Explainers ⚠️ Ai Limitations ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You Summary

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You 89%

AI isn't outsmarting us; it's misnaming a kitten. A tour of machine learning's weirdest failures.

by Janelle Shane 2019

4.11

5k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Explainers ⚠️ Ai Limitations ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Artificial Intelligence

by Melanie Mitchell • 2019

Chess champion AI still can't reason like a toddler. The true barrier to general intelligence.

4.33

4k+

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🤖 Machine Learning 🔬 Deep Learning

Artificial Intelligence 89%

Chess champion AI still can't reason like a toddler. The true barrier to general intelligence.

by Melanie Mitchell 2019

4.33

4k+ ratings

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🤖 Machine Learning 🔬 Deep Learning

Our Final Invention

by James Barrat • 2013

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

3.72

4k+

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Our Final Invention 89%

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

by James Barrat 2013

3.72

4k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence

Possible Minds

by John Brockman • 2019

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

3.77

837

🤖 Ai Ethics ⚙️ Ai Alignment 🔄 Cybernetics

Possible Minds 89%

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

by John Brockman 2019

3.77

837 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics ⚙️ Ai Alignment 🔄 Cybernetics

AI Ethics

by Mark Coeckelbergh • 2020

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

3.63

903

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias

AI Ethics 89%

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

by Mark Coeckelbergh 2020

3.63

903 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias

Life 3.0

by Max Tegmark • 2017

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

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28k+

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity

Life 3.0 88%

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

by Max Tegmark 2017

3.99

28k+ ratings

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2025

Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.

3.92

7k+

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🏁 Technology Arms Races

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies 88%

Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025

3.92

7k+ ratings

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🏁 Technology Arms Races

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

by Michael Wooldridge • 2021

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

3.87

555

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence Summary

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence 88%

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

by Michael Wooldridge 2021

3.87

555 ratings

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Superintelligence

by Nick Bostrom • 2014

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

3.85

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🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism

Superintelligence 88%

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

by Nick Bostrom 2014

3.85

21k+ ratings

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism

How To Think About AI

by Richard Susskind • 2025

AI will match us by 2035. Our thinking hasn't caught up. The mental tools you need.

3.85

434

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

How To Think About AI 88%

AI will match us by 2035. Our thinking hasn't caught up. The mental tools you need.

by Richard Susskind 2025

3.85

434 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

Tech Agnostic

by Greg Epstein • 2024

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

3.49

156

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism

Tech Agnostic 88%

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

by Greg Epstein 2024

3.49

156 ratings

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism

The AI Con

by Emily M. Bender • 2025

ChatGPT isn't thinking, the doom-sayers aren't helping, and the real AI harms are already here.

3.69

2k+

🤖 Ai Criticism 🧮 Algorithmic Bias 🔍 Technology Criticism

The AI Con 88%

ChatGPT isn't thinking, the doom-sayers aren't helping, and the real AI harms are already here.

by Emily M. Bender 2025

3.69

2k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Criticism 🧮 Algorithmic Bias 🔍 Technology Criticism

The Efficiency Paradox

by Edward Tenner • 2018

How efficiency backfires: eroding skill, narrowing science, and engineering luck out of life.

3.27

311

🔍 Efficiency Critique 🏪 Platform Economy 🧭 Digital Deskilling

The Efficiency Paradox 88%

How efficiency backfires: eroding skill, narrowing science, and engineering luck out of life.

by Edward Tenner 2018

3.27

311 ratings

🔍 Efficiency Critique 🏪 Platform Economy 🧭 Digital Deskilling

Genesis

by Henry Kissinger • 2024

AI rewrites power, prosperity, and human dignity. A statesman on the philosophy to meet it.

3.53

2k+

🤖 Ai Governance 📡 Technology Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk

Genesis 88%

AI rewrites power, prosperity, and human dignity. A statesman on the philosophy to meet it.

by Henry Kissinger 2024

3.53

2k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Governance 📡 Technology Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk

Superagency

by Reid Hoffman • 2025

AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.

3.33

1k+

🏛️ Ai Policy 🌅 Tech Optimism ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Superagency 88%

AI multiplies human agency. That power will concentrate or spread. The choice is ours.

by Reid Hoffman 2025

3.33

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Ai Policy 🌅 Tech Optimism ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Artificial Intelligence

by Margaret A. Boden • 2018

What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.

3.29

388

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Artificial Intelligence 88%

What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.

by Margaret A. Boden 2018

3.29

388 ratings

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Creativity Code

by Marcus du Sautoy • 2019

AI paints, composes, writes. But can a machine truly be creative? A mathematician investigates.

3.94

2k+

🤖 Machine Creativity 🎨 Ai Generated Art 🖌️ Generative Art

Creativity Code 88%

AI paints, composes, writes. But can a machine truly be creative? A mathematician investigates.

by Marcus du Sautoy 2019

3.94

2k+ ratings

🤖 Machine Creativity 🎨 Ai Generated Art 🖌️ Generative Art

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News

by Noah Giansiracusa • 2021

Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.

3.25

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📰 Online Misinformation 🎭 Deepfakes

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News Summary

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News 88%

Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.

by Noah Giansiracusa 2021

3.25

20 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📰 Online Misinformation 🎭 Deepfakes

The Algorithm

by Hilke Schellmann • 2024

Why you should fear the algorithms that hire and fire: they're biased, unscientific, and watching.

3.84

429

🏢 AI In The Workplace 💼 Hiring Practices ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Algorithm 88%

Why you should fear the algorithms that hire and fire: they're biased, unscientific, and watching.

by Hilke Schellmann 2024

3.84

429 ratings

🏢 AI In The Workplace 💼 Hiring Practices ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

AI 2041

by Kai-Fu Lee • 2021

Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Future Studies 💼 Future Of Work

AI 2041 88%

Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.

by Kai-Fu Lee 2021

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Future Studies 💼 Future Of Work

Scary Smart

by Mo Gawdat • 2021

AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.

3.81

3k+

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

Scary Smart 88%

AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.

by Mo Gawdat 2021

3.81

3k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

Artificial Intelligence (WIRED guides)

by Matthew Burgess • 2021

AI masters chess, spots cancer, drives cars. But who trains it, and on whose data?

3.71

147

🖥️ Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Artificial Intelligence (WIRED guides) Summary

Artificial Intelligence (WIRED guides) 88%

AI masters chess, spots cancer, drives cars. But who trains it, and on whose data?

by Matthew Burgess 2021

3.71

147 ratings

🖥️ Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

God, Human, Animal, Machine

by Meghan O'Gieblyn • 2021

We swapped God for AI. A former fundamentalist finds the old religion hiding in our machines.

4.23

4k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔧 Technology Criticism ⛪ Faith And Technology

God, Human, Animal, Machine 88%

We swapped God for AI. A former fundamentalist finds the old religion hiding in our machines.

by Meghan O'Gieblyn 2021

4.23

4k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔧 Technology Criticism ⛪ Faith And Technology

Rewiring Democracy

by Bruce Schneier • 2025

AI writes laws, targets voters, judges cases. Democracy is an information system; AI is the driver.

3.67

🖥️ Digital Governance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🏛️ Power Concentration

Rewiring Democracy 88%

AI writes laws, targets voters, judges cases. Democracy is an information system; AI is the driver.

by Bruce Schneier 2025

3.67

91 ratings

🖥️ Digital Governance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🏛️ Power Concentration

The Glass Cage

by Nicholas Carr • 2014

The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.

3.75

2k+

🔬 Technology And Cognition 🏭 Automation And Society 🔍 Technological Skepticism

The Glass Cage 88%

The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.

by Nicholas Carr 2014

3.75

2k+ ratings

🔬 Technology And Cognition 🏭 Automation And Society 🔍 Technological Skepticism

The Coming Wave

by Mustafa Suleyman • 2023

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

3.80

15k+

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety

The Coming Wave 88%

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

by Mustafa Suleyman 2023

3.80

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety

Human Compatible

by Stuart Russell • 2019

Superintelligence will give us exactly what we ask for, and that is the problem.

4.04

5k+

🎯 Ai Alignment 🧠 Superintelligence ⚖️ Machine Ethics

Human Compatible 88%

Superintelligence will give us exactly what we ask for, and that is the problem.

by Stuart Russell 2019

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎯 Ai Alignment 🧠 Superintelligence ⚖️ Machine Ethics

The Mind's Mirror

by Daniela Rus • 2024

AI extends every human capability, including the worst of us. A framework for the double edge.

3.59

110

📊 Ai Strategy ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work

The Mind's Mirror 88%

AI extends every human capability, including the worst of us. A framework for the double edge.

by Daniela Rus 2024

3.59

110 ratings

📊 Ai Strategy ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work

Artificial Intelligence

by Lasse Rouhiainen • 2018

An AI 101: the tech, the jobs at risk, and the one skill machines can't touch.

3.92

314

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence 88%

An AI 101: the tech, the jobs at risk, and the one skill machines can't touch.

by Lasse Rouhiainen 2018

3.92

314 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Machine Learning

To Save Everything, Click Here

by Evgeny Morozov • 2013

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

3.67

1k+

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias

To Save Everything, Click Here 87%

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

by Evgeny Morozov 2013

3.67

1k+ ratings

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future

by Henry Kissinger • 2021

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

3.43

5k+

🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future Summary

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future 87%

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

by Henry Kissinger 2021

3.43

5k+ ratings

🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning

Everyday Chaos

by David Weinberger • 2019

A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.

3.78

202

🔬 Complexity Science 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Machine Learning

Everyday Chaos 87%

A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.

by David Weinberger 2019

3.78

202 ratings

🔬 Complexity Science 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Machine Learning

Architects of Intelligence

by Martin Ford • 2018

AI's builders say the real crisis isn't superintelligence but a labor market already fracturing.

4.07

667

🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 👷 Future Of Work

Architects of Intelligence 87%

AI's builders say the real crisis isn't superintelligence but a labor market already fracturing.

by Martin Ford 2018

4.07

667 ratings

🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 👷 Future Of Work

Rage Inside the Machine

by Robert Elliott Smith • 2019

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

3.97

145

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism

Rage Inside the Machine 87%

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

by Robert Elliott Smith 2019

3.97

145 ratings

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism

How AI Thinks

by Nigel Toon • 2024

It's a learning engine, not a thinking mind. The revolution is here, and it's not sentient.

3.62

322

💻 Computing History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

How AI Thinks 87%

It's a learning engine, not a thinking mind. The revolution is here, and it's not sentient.

by Nigel Toon 2024

3.62

322 ratings

💻 Computing History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Rogue Protocol

by Martha Wells • 2018

A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.

4.24

176k+

🤖 Rogue Ai 🚀 Space Thriller 😑 Reluctant Ai

Rogue Protocol 87%

A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.

by Martha Wells 2018

4.24

176k+ ratings

🤖 Rogue Ai 🚀 Space Thriller 😑 Reluctant Ai

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology

by Edward H. Spence • 2021

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

4.50

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 87%

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

by Edward H. Spence 2021

4.50

2 ratings

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

12 Bytes

by Jeanette Winterson • 2021

AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.

3.90

2k+

🤖 Ai Ethics 💻 History Of Computing 👩‍💻 Tech Feminism

12 Bytes 87%

AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.

by Jeanette Winterson 2021

3.90

2k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 💻 History Of Computing 👩‍💻 Tech Feminism

Hello World

by Hannah Fry • 2018

When algorithms police, diagnose, and drive, blind trust becomes the real danger.

4.11

12k+

🧭 Data Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 👥 Human In The Loop

Hello World 87%

When algorithms police, diagnose, and drive, blind trust becomes the real danger.

by Hannah Fry 2018

4.11

12k+ ratings

🧭 Data Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 👥 Human In The Loop

These Strange New Minds

by Christopher Summerfield • 2025

Teach a machine to predict the next word. Eventually it reasons. Now it's learning to act.

4.10

339

🤖 Large Language Models 🧠 Deep Learning 🔮 Philosophy Of Mind

These Strange New Minds 87%

Teach a machine to predict the next word. Eventually it reasons. Now it's learning to act.

by Christopher Summerfield 2025

4.10

339 ratings

🤖 Large Language Models 🧠 Deep Learning 🔮 Philosophy Of Mind

Supremacy

by Parmy Olson • 2024

The AGI race had competing visionaries, $13 billion from Microsoft, and safety as an afterthought.

4.05

6k+

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Supremacy 87%

The AGI race had competing visionaries, $13 billion from Microsoft, and safety as an afterthought.

by Parmy Olson 2024

4.05

6k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Master Algorithm

by Pedro Domingos • 2015

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

3.73

6k+

🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence

The Master Algorithm 87%

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

by Pedro Domingos 2015

3.73

6k+ ratings

🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence

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