27 Books like Artificial Intelligence

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

3.74

3k+

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

Buddhism 97%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

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 97%

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

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 ⚠️ Ai Skepticism

Algorithms Are Not Enough 96%

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 ⚠️ Ai Skepticism

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 96%

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

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 96%

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

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 96%

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

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 96%

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

The Fourth Age

by Byron Reese • 2018

Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.

4.01

1k+

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎲 Free Will Debate

The Fourth Age 96%

Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.

by Byron Reese 2018

4.01

1k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎲 Free Will Debate

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

🛑 Ai Skepticism ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 💻 Computational Limits

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence Summary

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence 96%

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

🛑 Ai Skepticism ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 💻 Computational Limits

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 96%

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

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) 96%

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

A Human Algorithm

by Flynn Coleman • 2019

Machines are learning to think. The real question is whether we will remember how to feel.

3.58

299

🤖 Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

A Human Algorithm 96%

Machines are learning to think. The real question is whether we will remember how to feel.

by Flynn Coleman 2019

3.58

299 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies

by John Paul Mueller • 2018

AI is math, not magic. A plain-English guide to what machine learning can and cannot do.

3.41

242

🤖 Ai For Beginners 📖 Ai Literacy 🎯 Narrow Ai

Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies Summary

Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies 95%

AI is math, not magic. A plain-English guide to what machine learning can and cannot do.

by John Paul Mueller 2018

3.41

242 ratings

🤖 Ai For Beginners 📖 Ai Literacy 🎯 Narrow Ai

The Creativity Code

by Gore Alex • 2016

AI now paints, composes, and writes. What that reveals about human creativity is the real surprise.

3.50

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🎨 Machine Creativity 🧬 Generative Ai

The Creativity Code 95%

AI now paints, composes, and writes. What that reveals about human creativity is the real surprise.

by Gore Alex 2016

3.50

6 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🎨 Machine Creativity 🧬 Generative Ai

The Deep Learning Revolution

by Terrence J. Sejnowski • 2018

The AI that works copies the brain. For decades it was a backwater. Then it won.

3.72

597

🤖 Deep Learning 📜 History Of Ai 🧠 Computational Neuroscience

The Deep Learning Revolution 95%

The AI that works copies the brain. For decades it was a backwater. Then it won.

by Terrence J. Sejnowski 2018

3.72

597 ratings

🤖 Deep Learning 📜 History Of Ai 🧠 Computational Neuroscience

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 95%

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

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.

3.99

28k+

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity

Life 3.0 95%

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

How to Create a Mind

by Ray Kurzweil • 2012

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

3.96

8k+

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience

How to Create a Mind 95%

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

by Ray Kurzweil 2012

3.96

8k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future

by Henry Kissinger • 2021

Old rules of knowledge, power, and war were built for humans. AI is rewriting them.

3.43

5k+

🤖 Machine Learning 🌐 Tech Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics

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

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future 95%

Old rules of knowledge, power, and war were built for humans. AI is rewriting them.

by Henry Kissinger 2021

3.43

5k+ ratings

🤖 Machine Learning 🌐 Tech Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics

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 95%

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

Impromptu

by Reid Hoffman • 2023

AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.

3.77

782

🛠️ Applied Ai 💼 Future Of Work 🤝 Human Ai Collaboration

Impromptu 95%

AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.

by Reid Hoffman 2023

3.77

782 ratings

🛠️ Applied Ai 💼 Future Of Work 🤝 Human Ai Collaboration

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 95%

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

What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

by Stephen Wolfram • 2023

ChatGPT is just next-word prediction. The breakthrough is what that reveals about language itself.

3.85

2k+

🤖 Large Language Models 🧠 Neural Networks 💬 Ai And Language

What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work? Summary

What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work? 95%

ChatGPT is just next-word prediction. The breakthrough is what that reveals about language itself.

by Stephen Wolfram 2023

3.85

2k+ ratings

🤖 Large Language Models 🧠 Neural Networks 💬 Ai And Language

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 94%

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

How to Stay Smart in a Smart World

by Gerd Gigerenzer • 2022

AI masters chess but fumbles real life. Why simple human judgment still outperforms algorithms.

3.82

502

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🧩 Bounded Rationality 🔍 Heuristics And Biases

How to Stay Smart in a Smart World Summary

How to Stay Smart in a Smart World 94%

AI masters chess but fumbles real life. Why simple human judgment still outperforms algorithms.

by Gerd Gigerenzer 2022

3.82

502 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🧩 Bounded Rationality 🔍 Heuristics And Biases

Genius Makers

by Cade Metz • 2021

The outcasts who revived neural networks, and the billion-dollar bidding war that followed.

4.26

3k+

🤖 Ai History 👥 Ai Pioneers ⚔️ Big Tech Rivalry

Genius Makers 94%

The outcasts who revived neural networks, and the billion-dollar bidding war that followed.

by Cade Metz 2021

4.26

3k+ ratings

🤖 Ai History 👥 Ai Pioneers ⚔️ Big Tech Rivalry

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power

by Rajiv Malhotra • 2021

Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.

4.28

217

🌍 Ai Geopolitics 🛡️ Digital Sovereignty 🏭 Job Displacement

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power Summary

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power 94%

Two nations race to own AI. The prize: your job, your mind, and the global pecking order.

by Rajiv Malhotra 2021

4.28

217 ratings

🌍 Ai Geopolitics 🛡️ Digital Sovereignty 🏭 Job Displacement

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