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Books like Atlas of AI
The best books like Atlas of AI are Weapons of Math Destruction, The Alignment Problem, and Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford is about artificial intelligence, power and infrastructure, labor and extraction. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Weapons of Math Destruction
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Cathy O'Neil · Science
Weapons of Math Destruction is mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil's investigation of how algorithms — statistical models used to make decisions about people's lives — can perpetuate and amplify inequality rather than reduce it.
A kindred science read.
Read the summary → - The Alignment Problem
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Brian Christian · Science
Brian Christian's The Alignment Problem examines a fundamental challenge in machine learning: how do you ensure that an artificial system actually pursues the goals you intend, rather than a close but dangerous approximation?
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Nick Bostrom · Science
Superintelligence is Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom's systematic analysis of what might happen if artificial intelligence systems become more capable than humans — and why that transition might represent one of the most significant risks in human history.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
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- AI Superpowers
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Kai-Fu Lee · Business
AI Superpowers is Kai-Fu Lee's argument that the geopolitical competition to lead in artificial intelligence is primarily a two-country race between the United States and China, and that the outcome will reshape the global economy in ways most people haven't started to reckon with.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - Deep Learning
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Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville · Science
Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville is the standard graduate-level textbook on the mathematical and computational foundations of deep neural networks.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - Gödel, Escher, Bach
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Douglas Hofstadter · Science
Douglas Hofstadter's Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, published in 1979, asks how meaning can arise from formal rules — how a biological machine can think, feel, and experience self-awareness.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - How to Create a Mind
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Ray Kurzweil · Science
Ray Kurzweil's central claim in How to Create a Mind is that the neocortex — the part of the brain responsible for higher thought — operates on a single repeating algorithm called the pattern recognition theory of mind.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
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Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
Stuart Russell · Science
Human Compatible is Stuart Russell's argument, from inside mainstream AI research, that the standard model of AI — build a system that optimizes for a fixed objective — is the wrong approach, and that the transition to much more capable AI systems requires a fundamental change in how AI is designed.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark · Science
Life 3.0 is Max Tegmark's accessible survey of the questions raised by the prospect of human-level and superhuman artificial intelligence: What are the plausible paths to AGI?
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - The Book of Why
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Judea Pearl · Science
The Book of Why is Judea Pearl's argument that the dominant tradition in statistics — which insists on correlations and avoids causal claims — is a fundamental intellectual mistake, and that building a proper science of causality is the most important unsolved problem in both science and artificial intelligence.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - The Coming Wave
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Mustafa Suleyman · Science
The Coming Wave is written by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and CEO of Microsoft AI, who is as inside the AI development world as anyone writing seriously about its risks.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
Read the summary → - The Emperor's New Mind
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Roger Penrose · Science
The Emperor's New Mind is Roger Penrose's argument that human consciousness cannot be reproduced by any computational device — that the mind is not, in the relevant sense, a computer — and that understanding consciousness will require fundamental advances in physics, particularly in reconciling quantum mechanics with general relativity.
Both dig into artificial intelligence.
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Books like Atlas of AI: quick answers
What are the best books like Atlas of AI?
The best books like Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford are Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil, The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom, AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee, Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Atlas of AI, such as artificial intelligence, power and infrastructure, labor and extraction.
What should I read after Atlas of AI?
A natural next read after Atlas of AI is Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil. A kindred science read. Other strong choices are The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom, AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee.
What books are similar to Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford?
Atlas of AI centers on artificial intelligence, power and infrastructure, labor and extraction. Books with a similar feel include Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil, The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom, AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee, Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville, Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
