The Coming Wave | Mustafa Suleyman | Containment of technologies like AI and bioengineering will be critical to avoid catastrophic consequences. |
The Skill Code | Matt Beane | Skill acquisition and knowledge transfer through apprenticeship is at risk with AI, robotics and emerging technologies. How might we preserve skills while we augment with tech? The answer is with Challenge (Striving), Complexity and Connection (trust and bonds). |
AI Snake Oil | Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor | Great breakdown of where AI works and where it fails spectacularly and the importance of critical thinking and skepticism when adopting AI. |
Co-Intelligence | Ethan Mollick | AI is not a tool but a team-mate. Loved how Ethan simplifies GenAI advances and emphasizes the importance of partnering intentionally with AI. |
Brave New Words | Sal Khan | AI-powered tutors can democratize education with high quality personalized learning. Love the Socratic approach promoted with tutors. |
Human+Machine: Re-imagining work in the age of AI | Paul Daugherty and James H. Wilson | My Review |
AIQ: How People and Machines are Smarter Together | Nick Polson and James Scott | My Review |
Weapons of Math Destruction | Cathy O’Neill | Must-read to understand algorithmic biases impacting life today |
Technically Wrong | Sara Wachter-Boettcher | My Review |
Invisible Women | Caroline Criado Perez | Closing the gender data gap is critical before relying on AI systems that operate out of biased data. Excellent researched examples on the ways gender bias manifests in data. |
A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence | Kartik Hosanagar | AI inherently inherits bias from data and algorithms that leads to faulty decision making. Simple read that explains the need for transparency, oversight and ethical AI design. |
The Big Nine | Amy Webb | G-MAFIA and BAT (can you guess the corporation names) are determining AI’s future – catastrophic, optimistic or pragmatic? |
AI Superpowers | Kai-Fu Le | The AI war between China and America |
Super-intelligence | Nick Bostrom | Future of humans and life, with a focus on Artificial General Intelligence |
Digital Transformation | Thomas Siebel
| Overview of how transformative technologies (cloud, AI, IoT) are impacting enterprises |
Deep Medicine | Eric Topol | How might AI augment physicians by reducing administrative burdens while enhancing personalized care |