23 Best technology books like What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram

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What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

By: Stephen Wolfram

3.91

Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition

Nobody expected this—not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of wr…

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Cover of The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch

1. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

By: David Deutsch

4.18

Format: 487 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller: A provocative, imaginative exploration of the nature and progress o… read more

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  • technology
  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • popular science
  • science
Cover of Gödel's Proof by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman

2. Gödel's Proof

By: Douglas R. Hofstadter , Ernest Nagel , James Roy Newman

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1931 Kurt Godel published his fundamental paper, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Princi… read more

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  • computer science
  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will by Robert M. Sapolsky

3. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Cover of A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains by Max Solomon Bennett

4. A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

By: Max Solomon Bennett

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts Sapiens , Behave, and Superintelligence , but wholly original in scope, A Brief History… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • artificial intelligence
  • technology
Cover of The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think by Robert Pantano

5. The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think

By: Robert Pantano

4.36

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of essays that journey through philosophy and grapple with the increasingly relevant p… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku

6. Quantum Supremacy

By: Michio Kaku

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may… read more

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  • computers
  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • science
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7. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • technology
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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8. The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

By: Brian Christian

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement … read more

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  • technology
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • science
"Curiosity bred competence."

-Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

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9. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • artificial intelligence
  • technology
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10. Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster

By: David Farley

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Improve Your Creativity, Effectiveness, and Ultimately, Your Code In Modern Software Engineering, … read more

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  • engineering
  • science
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • computer science
  • technology
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11. A Philosophy of Software Design

By: John Ousterhout

4.21

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

This book addresses the topic of software how to decompose complex software systems into modules (… read more

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  • computers
  • engineering
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • computer science
  • technology
Cover of Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach by Mark   Richards

12. Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach

By: Mark Richards

4.26

Format: 419 pages, Paperback

Although salary surveys worldwide regularly identify software architect as one of the top ten best … read more

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  • engineering
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • computer science
  • technology
Cover of Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan

13. Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)

By: Salman Khan

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution… read more

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  • technology
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • science
Cover of How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg

14. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

By: Bent Flyvbjerg

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Doom Guy: Life in First Person by John Romero

15. Doom Guy: Life in First Person

By: John Romero

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The inspiring, long-awaited autobiography of video-game designer and DOOM cocreator John Romero Jo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • technology
Cover of The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya

16. The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

By: Ananyo Bhattacharya

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolution… read more

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  • technology
  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • science
"The young von Neumann made an instant impact on his new tutors. His first mentor, Gábor Szego˝, who would later lead Stanford University’s maths department, was moved to tears after their first meeti…"

-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

"The best estimates of Trinity’s power put the figure somewhere between 20,000 and 22,000 tons. Oppenheimer reached for poetry, recalling a verse from ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, which…"

-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

"At one of his ‘high-proof, high-I.Q. parties’ one analyst produced a fat cylindrical ‘coin’ that was something of a RAND obsession at the time. Milled by the RAND machine shop at the behest of Willia…"

-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

"With his school years behind him, von Neumann took the train to Berlin with his father in September 1921 to begin the arduous programme of study that had been agreed. A passenger sharing their carria…"

-Ananyo Bhattacharya, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

Cover of The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li

17. The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

By: Fei-Fei Li

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at … read more

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  • technology
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • science
Cover of The ChatGPT Millionaire (Chat GPT Mastery) by Neil Dagger

18. The ChatGPT Millionaire (Chat GPT Mastery)

By: Neil Dagger

3.85

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

By following this step-by-step guide you will be able to: ✔ Create passive income sources that … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • artificial intelligence
  • technology
Cover of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

19. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • artificial intelligence
  • technology
Cover of Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure by Vaclav Smil

20. Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

By: Vaclav Smil

3.87

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times -bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its… read more

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  • engineering
  • science
  • nonfiction
  • technology
Cover of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion by Sean Carroll

21. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion

By: Sean Carroll

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more

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  • popular science
  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of ChatGPT For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/tech)) by Pamela Baker

22. ChatGPT For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/tech))

By: Pamela Baker

3.42

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Learn how the disruptive AI chatbot is going to change school, work, and beyond ChatGPT For Dummies… read more

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  • computers
  • nonfiction
  • artificial intelligence
  • technology
Cover of Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie  Mitchell

23. Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

By: Melanie Mitchell

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping examination of the current state of artificial intelligence and how it is remaking our w… read more

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  • computers
  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • computer science
  • technology
"Hofstadter... fears that AI might show us that the human qualities we most value are disappointingly simple to mechanize."

-Melanie Mitchell, Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

Cover of Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI by Reid Hoffman

24. Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI

By: Reid Hoffman

3.85

Format: 234 pages, ebook

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI, written by Reid Hoffman with… read more

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  • technology
  • nonfiction
  • artificial intelligence
  • science
Cover of What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram

25. What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

By: Stephen Wolfram

3.91

Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition

Nobody expected this—not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of wr… read more

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  • computers
  • engineering
  • science
  • mathematics
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • computer science
  • popular science
  • technology
Cover of Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise

26. Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being

By: Neil Theise

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave—from c… read more

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  • popular science
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan

27. Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

By: Venki Ramakrishnan

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design by Kent Beck

28. Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

By: Kent Beck

3.95

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into ma… read more

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  • computers
  • engineering
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • computer science
  • technology
Cover of 7 Rules of Power: Surprising--but True--Advice on How to Get Things Done and Advance Your Career by Jeffrey Pfeffer

29. 7 Rules of Power: Surprising--but True--Advice on How to Get Things Done and Advance Your Career

By: Jeffrey Pfeffer

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

If you want to "change lives, change organizations, change the world," the Stanford business school… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by Ray Kurzweil

30. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

By: Ray Kurzweil

3.93

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more

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  • technology
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • science
Cover of The AI Revolution in Medicine: GPT-4 and Beyond by Peter Lee

31. The AI Revolution in Medicine: GPT-4 and Beyond

By: Peter Lee

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

AI is about to transform medicine. Here's what you need to know right now. ''The development of AI … read more

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  • artificial intelligence
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31 Best nonfiction books like What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram

Transform Your Habits

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

David Deutsch

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Gödel's Proof

Douglas R. Hofstadter , Ernest Nagel , James Roy Newman

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Transform Your Habits

A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

Max Solomon Bennett

4.46

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16 Best audiobook books like Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

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