20 must-read science books like The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values by Brian Christian

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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 …

"Curiosity bred competence."

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

"Curiosity bred competence."

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

If you liked the science plot in The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values by Brian Christian , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. 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
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • technology
Cover of Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by None

2. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By: None

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Audio CD

How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of be… read more

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  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
Cover of God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O'Gieblyn

3. God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning

By: Meghan O'Gieblyn

4.27

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

A meditation on what it might mean to be human in an age of ever-accelerating technology. read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • technology
"As black-box technologies become more widespread, there have been no shortage of demands for increased transparency. In 2016 the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation included in its st…"

-Meghan O'Gieblyn, God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning

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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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  • technology
  • artificial intelligence
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values by Brian Christian

5. 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

Similar categories in Brian Christian's The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values book and Brian Christian's The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

  • audiobook
  • science
  • futurism
  • artificial intelligence
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
"Curiosity bred competence."

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

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6. Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

By: Stuart Russell

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to c… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • futurism
  • artificial intelligence
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
"To get just an inkling of the fire we're playing with, consider how content-selection algorithms function on social media. They aren't particularly intelligent, but they are in a position to affect t…"

-Stuart Russell, Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

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7. AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

By: Ronald M. Razmi

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the healthcare industry AI … read more

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  • nonfiction
"It’s true that AI can mimic the human brain, but it can also outperform us mere humans by discovering complex patterns that no human being could ever process and identify."

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

"In short, physicians are getting more and more data, which requires more sophisticated interpretation and which takes more time. AI is the solution, enhancing every stage of patient care from researc…"

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

"Pilots used to fly planes manually, but now they operate a dashboard with the help of computers. This has made flying safer and improved the industry. Healthcare can benefit from the same type of app…"

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

"It’s estimated that AI could free up to 25% of clinician time across different specialties. This increased amount of time could mean less hurried encounters and more humane interactions, including mo…"

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

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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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  • audiobook
  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
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9. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

By: Judea Pearl

3.95

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has re… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • technology
"Scientists should seek shielded mediators whenever they face incurable confounders."

-Judea Pearl, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

"skepticism has its place. Statisticians are paid to be skeptics; they are the conscience of science."

-Judea Pearl, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

"Fighting for the acceptance of Bayesian networks in AI was a picnic compared with the fight I had to wage for causal diagrams [in the stormy waters of statistics]."

-Judea Pearl, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

"[T]he cultural shocks that emanate from new scientific findings are eventually settled by cultural realignments that accommodate those findings—not by concealment. A prerequisite for this realignment…"

-Judea Pearl, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

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10. The Age of AI and Our Human Future

By: Henry Kissinger

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intell… read more

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  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
Cover of Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence by Kate Crawford

11. Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence

By: Kate Crawford

3.99

Format: 288 pages, ebook

The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality,… read more

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  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
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12. 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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  • audiobook
  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
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13. The Precipice

By: Toby Ord

4.00

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central ch… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • futurism
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • technology
"If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Humanity is about two hundred thousand years old. But the Earth will remain habitable for hundreds of millions more—enough time for millions of futu…"

-Toby Ord, The Precipice

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14. 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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  • audiobook
  • science
  • futurism
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
"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

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15. 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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  • audiobook
  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • business
  • 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

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16. Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

By: Mo Gawdat

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for enginee… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
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17. Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

By: Joy Buolamwini

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms an… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • technology
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18. AI Ethics

By: Mark Coeckelbergh

3.69

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

An accessible synthesis of ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence that moves beyond hype … read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
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19. Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World

By: Nick Bostrom

3.90

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

A greyhound catching the mechanical lure—what would he actually do with it? Has he given this any t… read more

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  • technology
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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20. Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust

By: Gary F. Marcus

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Two leaders in the field offer a compelling analysis of the current state of the art and reveal the… read more

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  • audiobook
  • science
  • futurism
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
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21. The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design

By: Michael Kearns

4.12

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Over the course of a generation, algorithms have gone from mathematical abstractions to powerful me… read more

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  • science
  • artificial intelligence
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
"The insights we can get from this unprecedented access to data can be a great thing: we can get new understanding about how our society works, and improve public health, municipal services, and consu…"

-Michael Kearns, The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design

13 Best audiobook books like The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values by Brian Christian

Transform Your Habits

God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning

Meghan O'Gieblyn

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

Brian Christian

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

Stuart Russell

4.06

Transform Your Habits

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

Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

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6 Best book club books like Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World by Nick Bostrom

Transform Your Habits

AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

Ronald M. Razmi

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

Ethan Mollick

4.13

Transform Your Habits

AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

Kai-Fu Lee

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

Mo Gawdat

3.82

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