Reading: Genius Makers
This is a worthwhile short history of AI and deep learning, focused around the humans (Minsky, Hinton, et al) who brought us its top advances. Probably not earth-shattering for folks deep in the field, but entertaining and sets up a decent overview of the personalities involved. Skip the sections on AI ethics; they already haven’t aged well and I predict they will continue to age poorly.
Genius Makers
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. “This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling.” (Walter Isaacson, author o…
Cade Metz