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AI and machine learning

Technology

This niche holds textbooks, histories and arguments about artificial intelligence and machine learning, from early symbolic AI and cybernetics to deep learning, OpenAI and DeepMind.

38 books on AI and machine learning, recommended by 18 people including Patrick Collison and Andrew Wilkinson.

38 books · 19 experts

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  1. CyberneticsNorbert Wiener, 1948
  2. The Master AlgorithmPedro Domingos, 2015
  3. AI SuperpowersKai-Fu Lee, 2018
  4. The Alignment ProblemBrian Christian, 2020
  5. Genius MakersCade Metz, 2021

The best books on AI and machine learning 38

CyberneticsCybernetics
T2 Cybernetics
Norbert Wiener · 1948
Open Library
The Master AlgorithmThe Master Algorithm
T2 The Master Algorithm
Pedro Domingos · 2015
The five tribes of machine learning explained for non-specialists
Open Library
“Pedro Domingos's overview of the five tribes of machine learning is one Altman has mentioned as a useful map for non-specialists. It argues for a unified learning algorithm underlying all approaches — an idea that aged interestingly given where deep learning went after the book's publication.”Sam Altman
Recommended byShane ParrishSam AltmanVinod Khosla
AI SuperpowersAI Superpowers
T2 AI Superpowers
Kai-Fu Lee · 2018
The Chinese platform ecosystem Alibaba competes inside.
Open Library
Recommended byBalaji S. SrinivasanAlfred LinArianna HuffingtonSatya Nadella
The Alignment ProblemThe Alignment Problem
T2 The Alignment Problem
Brian Christian · 2020
The technical safety agenda OpenAI claims to serve.
Open Library
“Brian Christian's account of the state of AI alignment research is one Altman has flagged as the best current-state overview for a general audience. It covers the difficulty of specifying what we want AI to do in a way that makes the problem legible without reducing it.”Sam Altman
Recommended bySam Altman
Genius MakersGenius Makers
T2 Genius Makers
Cade Metz · 2021
How deep learning found the GPU, the demand Nvidia was built on.
Open Library
The Coming WaveThe Coming Wave
T2 The Coming Wave
Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar · 2023
DeepMind co-founder on containment; the rival lab's view.
Open Library
“Everything is about to be changed by AI in a radical, scary way”Andrew Wilkinson
Recommended byAndrew WilkinsonBill GatesThe Barefoot Investor
Empire of AIEmpire of AI
T2 Empire of AI
Karen Hao · 2025
Critical history of OpenAI's mission drift and resource extraction.
Open Library
OptimistOptimist
T2 Optimist
Keach Hagey · 2025
Sam Altman biography covering the November 2023 firing and return.
Open Library
Recommended byAndrew Wilkinson
Machines Who ThinkMachines Who Think
T3 Machines Who Think
Pamela McCorduck · 1979
The first hype cycle recorded as it happened.
Open Library
AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search forAI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence
T3 AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence
Daniel Crevier · 1993
Written after the second AI winter; the corrective to every cycle of enthusiasm.
Open Library
Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car
T3 Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car
Lawrence D. Burns, Christopher Shulgan · 2018
Autonomy from the incumbent and Waymo side.
Open Library
Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous CaDriven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car
T3 Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car
Alex Davies · 2021
The self-driving contest Tesla bet its valuation on.
Open Library
SupremacySupremacy
T3 Supremacy
Parmy Olson · 2024
The OpenAI-DeepMind race that set the shape of Nvidia's customer base.
Open Library
Recommended byAndrew Wilkinson
AI Valley
T3 AI Valley
Gary Rivlin · 2025
The founder scene around OpenAI, reported from inside the funding rounds.
Open Library
Co-IntelligenceCo-Intelligence
T3 Co-Intelligence
Ethan Mollick
Mollick is a Wharton professor who studies AI adoption and writes with unusual clarity about working alongside LLMs across knowledge domains. The framing — that effective AI collaboration requires treating the model as a co-worker with specific strengths and specific blind spots — is the most practically useful frame available for day-to-day coding with AI.
unverified
The Society of MindThe Society of Mind
T4 The Society of Mind
Marvin Minsky · 1986
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)
T4 Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)
Stuart J. Russell, Peter Norvig · 1994
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Fluid Concepts And Creative Analogies: CompuFluid Concepts And Creative Analogies: Computer Models Of The Fundamental Mechanisms Of Thought
T4 Fluid Concepts And Creative Analogies: Computer Models Of The Fundamental Mechanisms Of Thought
Douglas R. Hofstadter, Fluid Analogies Research Group · 1995
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Affective ComputingAffective Computing
T4 Affective Computing
Rosalind W. Picard · 1997
Open Library
Recommended byRana el Kaliouby
The Age of Spiritual MachinesThe Age of Spiritual Machines
T4 The Age of Spiritual Machines
Ray Kurzweil · 1999
Open Library
Recommended bySteve Jurvetson
Programming Collective Intelligence: BuildinProgramming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
T4 Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
Toby Segaran · 2007
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Machine Learning: An Algorithmic PerspectiveMachine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective (Chapman & Hall/Crc Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition)
T4 Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective (Chapman & Hall/Crc Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition)
Stephen Marsland · 2009
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Machine Learning for HackersMachine Learning for Hackers
T4 Machine Learning for Hackers
Drew Conway · 2012
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving iSingularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World
T4 Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World
James Daniel Miller · 2012
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Data Science from ScratchData Science from Scratch
T4 Data Science from Scratch
Joel Grus · 2015
Open Library
Recommended byBalaji S. Srinivasan
Machines of Loving GraceMachines of Loving Grace
T4 Machines of Loving Grace
John Markoff · 2015
Open Library
Recommended byStewart Brand
Deep LearningDeep Learning
T4 Deep Learning
Ian Goodfellow · 2016
Open Library
Recommended byVinod KhoslaElon MuskSatya Nadella
The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robo
T4 The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth
Robin Hanson · 2016
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The AI Does Not Hate YouThe AI Does Not Hate You
T4 The AI Does Not Hate You
Tom Chivers · 2019
The rationalist milieu behind OpenAI's founders and its board fight.
Open Library
You Look Like a Thing and I Love YouYou Look Like a Thing and I Love You
T4 You Look Like a Thing and I Love You
Janelle Shane · 2019
Open Library
Recommended bySusan Cain
Impromptu
T4 Impromptu
Reid Hoffman · 2023
Subtitled 'Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI'; co-written with GPT-4
Open Library
The Singularity Is NearerThe Singularity Is Nearer
T4 The Singularity Is Nearer
Ray Kurzweil · 2024
Open Library
Recommended byAndrew Wilkinson
SuperagencySuperagency
T4 Superagency
Reid Hoffman, Greg Beato · 2025
Open Library
Recommended byBrad Feld
Brave New WordsBrave New Words
T4 Brave New Words
Sal Khan
unverified
Recommended byBill Gates
Machine Learning for Humans
T4 Machine Learning for Humans
Vishal Maini, Samer Sabri
unverified
Recommended byDemis Hassabis
The Computer and the BrainThe Computer and the Brain
T4 The Computer and the Brain
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Fifth Generation: Artificial IntelligencThe Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence & Japan's Computer Challenge to the World
T4 The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence & Japan's Computer Challenge to the World
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
What to Think About Machines That Think: TodWhat to Think About Machines That Think: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence
T4 What to Think About Machines That Think: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison

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