12 Best science books like Smart Until It's Dumb: Why artificial intelligence keeps making epic mistakes⁠—and why the AI bubble will burst by Emmanuel Maggiori

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Smart Until It's Dumb: Why artificial intelligence keeps making epic mistakes⁠—and why the AI bubble will burst

By: Emmanuel Maggiori

4.27

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

Artificial intelligence is everywhere—powering news feeds, curating search results and invisibly st…

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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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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • technology
  • science
Cover of Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

2. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

By: Mary Roach

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh … read more

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Cover of Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen

3. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

By: Annie Jacobsen

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom

4. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

By: Nick Bostrom

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intellig… read more

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  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • technology

5. 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts

By: Kevlin Henney

3.75

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every programmer should know, no matter what language … read more

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6. The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam

By: Douglas Murray

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The Strange Death of Europeis a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the ac… read more

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Cover of Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

7. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cover of The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman

8. 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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  • technology
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • science
Cover of Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well by Amy C. Edmondson

9. Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

By: Amy C. Edmondson

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering resea… read more

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Cover of Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction by Chris   Bailey

10. Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction

By: Chris Bailey

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Canada's productivity expert returns with a totally fresh angle on how to do more with less. Thr… read more

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Cover of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

11. 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
Cover of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

12. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

By: Kyle Chayka

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more

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  • technology
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  • science
Cover of AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee

13. AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

By: Kai-Fu Lee

3.86

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination, the former president of Google China and a le… read more

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  • technology
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  • science
"Many people think smartphones and apps already know too much about us, but XR will take things to a whole new level."

-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

"Imagine, a $1,000 political assassin! And this is not a far-fetched danger for the future, but a clear and present danger."

-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

"autonomous weapons are already a clear and present danger, and will become more intelligent, nimble, lethal, and accessible at an unprecedented speed."

-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

"More data leads to better AI (artificial intelligence), more automation leads to greater efficiency, more usage leads to reduced cost, and more free time leads to greater productivity. All of these w…"

-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

Cover of The SaaS Playbook: Build a Multimillion-Dollar Startup Without Venture Capital by Rob Walling

14. The SaaS Playbook: Build a Multimillion-Dollar Startup Without Venture Capital

By: Rob Walling

4.36

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Do you want to build a software product that people want and are willing to pay for? Do you dream o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • technology
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

15. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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

16. 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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Cover of War Girls (War Girls, #1) by Tochi Onyebuchi

17. War Girls (War Girls, #1)

By: Tochi Onyebuchi

3.75

Format: 451 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unlivable. Only … read more

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Cover of The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age by Tim Wu

18. The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

By: Tim Wu

4.16

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

"Persuasive and brilliantly written, the book is especially timely given the rise of trillion-dolla… read more

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Cover of Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data by Carissa Véliz

19. Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data

By: Carissa Véliz

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

As the data economy grows in power, Carissa Véliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and… read more

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Cover of Smart Until It's Dumb: Why artificial intelligence keeps making epic mistakes⁠—and why the AI bubble will burst by Emmanuel Maggiori

20. Smart Until It's Dumb: Why artificial intelligence keeps making epic mistakes⁠—and why the AI bubble will burst

By: Emmanuel Maggiori

4.27

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

Artificial intelligence is everywhere—powering news feeds, curating search results and invisibly st… read more

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Cover of How America Works... and Why it Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the US Political System by William              Cooper

21. How America Works... and Why it Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the US Political System

By: William Cooper

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Twenty-first-century America isn’t working the way it’s supposed to. This book explains why. Ame… read more

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6 must-read philosophy books like Smart Until It's Dumb: Why artificial intelligence keeps making epic mistakes⁠—and why the AI bubble will burst by Emmanuel Maggiori

Transform Your Habits

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

David Deutsch

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Nick Bostrom

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

Transform Your Habits

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

Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

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All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess

Becca Rothfeld

3.76

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