Artificial Intelligence Books you should read in 2021
Be ready for the future in the age of automation
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2020 was the year of remote work and growing automation. We learned to work from home and many companies went completely digital. Artificial Intelligence got a huge boost last year — more data to learn on, more processes to automate and optimize. It seems 2021 and beyond will hold even more opportunities for the applications of AI. Let’s prepare for this bright new future with a list of books.
Sociological AI books
The most pressing issue is how AI will influence us as a human race and what future it will bring us. Elon Musk often warns about the policies — we have to make our policies right —to make sure that we will have a sustainable development of Artificial Intelligence rather than bad experiments bringing catastrophic consequences and deepening inequalities.
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow is now a classic book about how technology, Artificial Intelligence in particular, impacts societies. The author presents a historical perspective and discusses ramifications for our present and future. A must-read!
The Singularity is Near popularized the term ‘Singularity’, a moment when artificial intelligence algorithms will be as intelligent as humans on average across all disciplines (think Alexa on steroids, or
Ray Kurzweil, the author is a well-known futurist who lives by his own principles, trying to live to the singularity moment around 2040. Enter the world of singularity and what it will change in how we operate as humans.
Philosophical AI books
Looking into the future we can see the Singularity, a moment when Artificial Intelligence capabilities will surpass those of humans on average across all domaines. This will be a moment of a profound change and though it might never come (or it’ll be here by 2040), it’s worth thinking from this future perspective about what we are doing right now, especially who we are as humans and where we’re going.
Superintelligence is the classic reference for thinking about Artificial Intelligence and Artificial General Intelligence. Nick Bostrom analyses different levels of AI…
