27 Oct The 10 best AI books
What are the 10 best AI books? That is an exciting but also tricky question to answer. The reason is that AI is such a broad topic, and this is naturally reflected in the literature. You can get books that let you know how to code AI applications and books that reflect on the expected future consequences of AI in our society. And everything in between. So what should you choose?
We have selected the two best in five different categories, that makes it makes it easy to find the book that best matches your needs. The different areas are:
- AI from a business perspective
- Social reflections on AI
- The AI Tech view
- Future AI perspectives
- Learn how to use AI
The best AI business books
Anyone from the corporate world should be interested in AI. This technology can change the way you run your business and how you compete. The two best books to get you started on getting to know AI from a strategic business perspective is: Applied Artificial Intelligence: A Handbook For Business Leaders and Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Amazon ratings: 4.6 out of 5
102 reviews on Amazon.com
Applied Artificial Intelligence is made to be a guide for corporate leaders who are interested in knowing how AI can be used in their organizations as a way to boost productivity.
The book tries to be hand on in its approach to AI. This means that it focuses on specific ways in which you can apply AI. Including how to build your teams and run your AI projects.
Even though the book is a business book, it is still quite technical. So it requires that you have worked with IT management in order for you to get the best out of its findings.
Read more on: mariyayao.com/books/
Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI
Human + Machine
Amazon Ratings: 4.4 out of 5
60 reviews on Amazon.com
This book is written by two Accenture leaders, Paul R. Daugherty and H. James (Jim) Wilson who use their AI experience from more than 1500 organizations. Their focus is how AI can transform business processes that can create new levels of innovation and profitability.
The book presents leaders guide with five principles that they believe is requires to run tomorrows AI driven businesses.
Read more on: hjameswilson.com/book/
Social reflections on AI
Artificial Intelligence has the potential to redefine our society in radical ways. We have selected two such books. This first one takes a global perspective on AI in a superpower perspective. The second one focuses on how AI can change who we are as humans. AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order.
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the new World Order
AI Super Powers
Amazon Ratings: 4.3 out of 5
247 reviews on Amazon.com
Kai-Fu Lee is one of the most respected AI computer scientists. He developed the world’s first speech recognition system and has had held executive positions at Apple, Microsoft, and Google.
Being Taiwanese-born, he has an understanding of both the western and Chinese approaches to AI.
This book elevates the perspective of AI into the context of the future battles of global power.
Read more on: Wikipedia.org
A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are
A Human Algorithm
Amazon Ratings: 5 out of 5
9 reviews on Amazon.com
This book is different from most Artificial Intelligence books because it takes on the topic is humanistic and ethical.
Flynn Coleman argues in this book that ethics and values in an AI context could bring a new area of enlightenment to the world.
She argues that the era of human intellectual superiority is ending, and we need to plan for a shift where we share intelligence with machines.
To be successful in doing so, Coleman claims in this book that we need to install values, ethics, and morals into our robots, algorithms, and other forms of AI.
Read more on: flynncoleman.community/my-book
The best AI Tech books
There are lots of great tech books on AI. We have selected one that deals with automation because that is the new thing that is starting to emerge. And the exploitation of this tech branch has lots of potentials. The other book is an interview-style book with some of the best tech stars in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
The AI Republic: Building the Nexus Between Humans and Intelligent Automation
The AI republic
Amazon Ratings: 5 out of 5
17 reviews on Amazon.com
The book is written by Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, and Danny Goh. The point of the book is that we can build a shared space where humans and intelligent automation can work together.
Their perspective goes beyond the corporate view as they include reflections on how such changes will redefine our society as well.
Read more on: www.mark-esposito.com/books
Architects of Intelligence: The truth about AI from the people building it
Architects of Intelligence
Amazon Ratings: 4.4 out of 5
48 reviews on Amazon.com
Martin Ford has interviewed some of the most successful and brightest minds in the Artificial Intelligence community. The book contains 23 interview that covers areas such as how will AI impact the job market, our society and the economy. And what should be concern about as the level of machine intelligence rice to even higher levels of sophistication?
Read more on: mfordfuture.com
Future perspective
A lot of futurists has taking AI under their wings. They see it as the most significant force we as a species will encounter in our lifetime. And they have fascinating views on how future AI scenarios can play out. The two most popular futuristic Artificial Intelligence books are: Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and The Rationalists: Artificial Intelligence and the Geeks Who Want to Save the World .
Life 3.0
Life 3.0
Amazon Ratings: 4.3 out of 5
243 Reviews on Amazon.com
Life 3.0 is a New York Times bestseller. It is probably the most important futuristic AI book on the market today.
The book is written by Marx Tegmark. He is the founder of “”The future of Life institute”” and is a professor at MIT.
The book covers the evolutionary journey towards what Tegmark describes as a Life 3.0 stage where machine intelligence outsmarts human intelligence.
You can find a TED talk presentation on the book at this link.
Read more on: Wikipedia.org
The Rationalists: Artificial Intelligence and the Geeks Who Want to Save the World
The Rationalists: Artificial Intelligence and the Geeks Who Want to Save the World
Amazon Ratings: 4.5 out of 5
2 reviews on Amazon.com
This book has a humoristic approach to AI and the risks of using AI.
It is a reflective book on how new ways of intelligence can shape the future.
It is written in a non-scientific way and uses lots of examples to make statements such as how Mickey Mouse can teach us how to programme AI algorisms.
This is the third AI book that is written by Tom Chivers. He is also know for The Knowledge and Origins.
Read more on: Goodreads.com
Learning how to code your own AI applications
The last books we have selected is for the ones who will start developing your own AI code and applications. The two books let you know how to get started in ways that are easy to understand. Even if you are not a very experienced developer.
Artificial Intelligence For Dummies
Artificial Intelligence for dummies
Amazon Ratings: 3.8 out of 5
12 reviews on Amazon.com
This book is very hand-on and is made to make you get quickly up to speed in the world of AI. It gives you a 360 degrees view on how the technology is used, how you work with AI and its history.
As such, it is a great starting platform for anyone who is engaging in getting to know more on AI and what it means.
Read more on: Dummies.com
Pragmatic AI: An Introduction to Cloud-Based Machine Learning
Pracmatic AI
Amazon Ratings: 4.5 out of 5
21 reviews on Amazon.com
This book is an entry-level book for anyone how is serious of starting to learn how to create AI code.
You will learn what options Google, Amazon and Microsoft give you to build applications, and you will learn the concept of Phyton based AI.
From there, you will learn how Machine Learning works, and the kind of applications it makes it possible to create.
Noah Gift is a Berkeley professor, founder and a Machine Learning expert. He is the author of four books and a series of scientific publications.
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