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Book 1: The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future
Mustafa Suleyman with Michael Bhaskar
- Soon you will live surrounded by AIs.
- In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will organise your life, operate your business, and run government services.
- None of us are prepared.
- Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The next decade, he explains, will be defined by a wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies.
- These will create immense prosperity but also present risks.
- How do we ensure the flourishing of humankind?
- How do we maintain control over these technologies?
- And how do we find the narrow path to a successful future?
"Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a policymaker, or someone simply trying to understand where the world is heading, you should read this book."
"It won't give you easy answers, but it will help you ask the right questions—and leave you better prepared to ride the coming wave, instead of getting swept away by it."
Source: Penguin Books
**CHOSEN AS ONE OF BILL GATES' BOOKS TO KEEP YOU WARM THIS HOLIDAY SEASON**
**A New York Times and Instant Sunday Times bestseller, Sept 2023**
Book 2: The Coming Wave (Bill Gates Recommendation)
Bill Gates thinks everyone should read his "favorite book on AI," one that predicts artificial intelligence will change what most jobs look like — across nearly every industry — within the next five years.
Published in 2023, it was written by AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman, who co-founded the research lab DeepMind. He sold it to Google in 2014 and now serves as CEO of Microsoft AI.
Book 3: GAI and LLMs for Dummies
Book 4: Artificial Intelligence - Yorick Wilks
This book received mixed reviews regarding its formatting and readability:
- Less in this book than meets the eye
- Font size issues throughout the book
- Text often very small and on peculiar colors
- Some interesting content on AI companions and life after death
British computer scientist Professor Yorick Wilks died on 14 April 2023 at the age of 83. Source
Book 5: Artificial Intelligence - From Machine Learning to Superintelligence and The Singularity
Richard Urwin (2024)
What is artificial intelligence? What problems does it solve? Should we fear its potential?
- In this highly accessible guide to the subject, Richard Urwin explains how AI came about and how it has developed over the years
- From primitive calculators and early robotics to stock market analytics and ChatGPT
- Explores the history and far-reaching capabilities of this dynamic field and its potentially frightening possibilities
