10 Eye-Opening Books Recommended by Sam Altman— Prepare to Be Blown Away (Like I Was)

Walk into the library of the man who owns the future

Novel Nest
10 min readNov 30, 2023
10 Eye-Opening Books Recommended by Sam Altman- Prepare to Be Blown Away (Like I Was)
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Sam Altman was fired from being the CEO of OpenAI.

A few days later, he was hired back.

Whatever the reasons behind this decision and the U-turn, one thing’s for sure. Sam Altman is a bright young mind in tech and business, whose work will probably carve out the world’s future.

He started leading OpenAI in 2019 at only 34 years old.

Today we are going to be looking at the books recommended by him.

Source: Books recommended/praised/mentioned by Sam Altman on Twitter/X

1. Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom

10 Eye-Opening Books Recommended by Sam Altman- Prepare to Be Blown Away (Like I Was)
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An AI book, obviously!

If humans create a superintelligent being who is capable of becoming better by itself, this would give rise to the creation of a ‘singularity’.

“Our demise may instead result from the habitat destruction that ensues when the AI begins massive global construction projects

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