The Singularity is Near – Ray Kurzweil
Nearly 20 years old now, this book of pseudo religion does not hold up all that well.
Nearly 20 years old now, this book of pseudo religion does not hold up all that well.
It is a book. About the book. Not ‘books’, but about the book itself. As in the technology.
This book is truly excellent journalism. Just try to go into it without spoilers.
If you come into a book looking to answer just one question, you may come out of it disappointed.
read more The Second Machine Age – Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew Mcafee
A decent vision polluted by very poor execution.
read more Manna: Two Visions of Humanity’s Future – Marshal Brian
Makers by Cory Doctorow really seems to cement the point that Doctorow just really hates the Disney corporation.
The authors of this book think that everything is going to be fine, and that the future is going to be great. But to what extent are the correct?
read more Abundance: The Future is Better than you Think – Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kolter
How we come to categorize books like this is sometimes more interesting than the books themselves.
Little Brother deals with some pretty serious topics, but distills them down to a point where even kids will find it all to be a bit silly.
You could take a bunch of classes to find out the philosophy behind AI. This is a much cheaper shortcut
read more What to think about Machines that think – John Brockman