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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late

by Cory Doctorow ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c... ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c...
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How AI Works

From Sorcery to Science

by Ronald T. Kneusel ...

AI isn’t magic. How AI Works demystifies the explosion of artificial intelligence by explaining—without a single mathematical equation—what happened, when it happened, why it happened, how it happened, and what AI is actually doing "under the hood."Artificial intelligence is everywhere—from self-driving cars, to image generation from text, to the unexpected power of language systems like ChatGPT ... Read more

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AI isn’t magic. How AI Works demystifies the explosion of artificial intelligence by explaining—without a single mathematical equation—what happened, when it happened, why it happened, how it happened, and what AI is actually doing "under the hood."Artificial intelligence is everywhere—from self-driving cars, to image generation from text, to the unexpected power of language systems like ChatGPT
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The God Test

Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning

by Robert Wright ...

From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright comes a sweeping new view of artificial intelligence—as an evolutionary force that will pose deep political and spiritual challenges and could, in the process, give our species a unifying sense of purpose.The God Test is the first book to capture the power behind the AI revolution—to clearly explain the breakthroughs that sparked ... Read more

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From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright comes a sweeping new view of artificial intelligence—as an evolutionary force that will pose deep political and spiritual challenges and could, in the process, give our species a unifying sense of purpose.The God Test is the first book to capture the power behind the AI revolution—to clearly explain the breakthroughs that sparked
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Agentic Coding with Claude Code

The everyday developer's guide to agentic coding with Claude Code

by Eden Marco ...

Move beyond prompt-based coding by using Claude Code to design reliable, agent-driven workflows and build production-ready full-stack applications Key FeaturesLearn Claude Code as a development partner to build custom automations and agentic workflowsBuild and iterate on a Next.js application using Claude Code for AI-assisted developmentScale AI-assisted development with Claude Code while ... Read more

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Move beyond prompt-based coding by using Claude Code to design reliable, agent-driven workflows and build production-ready full-stack applications Key FeaturesLearn Claude Code as a development partner to build custom automations and agentic workflowsBuild and iterate on a Next.js application using Claude Code for AI-assisted developmentScale AI-assisted development with Claude Code while
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AI Futures

by Evgeny Morozov ...

A sober assessment of AI today, and a bold vision for what it could be.Generative AI tools, released by a handful of rich tech companies, are remaking the economy, society, and human life as we know it. Must their vision be our common destiny?Leading a forum, acclaimed technology writer Evgeny Morozov—author of To Save Everything, Click Here and host of the podcast A Sense of Rebellion—takes a ... Read more

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A sober assessment of AI today, and a bold vision for what it could be.Generative AI tools, released by a handful of rich tech companies, are remaking the economy, society, and human life as we know it. Must their vision be our common destiny?Leading a forum, acclaimed technology writer Evgeny Morozov—author of To Save Everything, Click Here and host of the podcast A Sense of Rebellion—takes a
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Language Machines

Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism

by Leif Weatherby ...

Series series Posthumanities
How generative AI systems capture a core function of languageLooking at the emergence of generative AI, Language Machines presents a new theory of meaning in language and computation, arguing that humanistic scholarship misconstrues how large language models (LLMs) function. Seeing LLMs as a convergence of computation and language, Leif Weatherby contends that AI does not simulate cognition, as ... Read more

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How generative AI systems capture a core function of languageLooking at the emergence of generative AI, Language Machines presents a new theory of meaning in language and computation, arguing that humanistic scholarship misconstrues how large language models (LLMs) function. Seeing LLMs as a convergence of computation and language, Leif Weatherby contends that AI does not simulate cognition, as
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All

by Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 | The Guardian's Best Books of 2025 | A 2025 Booklist Editors' Choice PickThe scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction—but it’s not too late to change course, as two of the field’s earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity."May prove to be the most important book of our time. ... Read more

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**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 | The Guardian's Best Books of 2025 | A 2025 Booklist Editors' Choice PickThe scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction—but it’s not too late to change course, as two of the field’s earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity."May prove to be the most important book of our time.
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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not?

Well, It's Complicated...

by Stephen Wolfram ...

What will people "do" when AIs can do almost everything?In this clear-eyed exploration of automation, AI and human purpose, Stephen Wolfram argues that we're not witnessing the end of work—but a shift in what we consider valuable human activity. Just as industrial machines redefined labor in the past, today's AIs are changing which tasks we delegate and which ones we reserve for ourselves. The ... Read more

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What will people "do" when AIs can do almost everything?In this clear-eyed exploration of automation, AI and human purpose, Stephen Wolfram argues that we're not witnessing the end of work—but a shift in what we consider valuable human activity. Just as industrial machines redefined labor in the past, today's AIs are changing which tasks we delegate and which ones we reserve for ourselves. The
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The Age of AI

And Our Human Future

by Henry A Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher ...

Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all.Generative AI is filling the internet with false information. Artists, writers, and many other professionals are in fear of their jobs. AI is discovering new medicines, running military drones, and ... Read more

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Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all.Generative AI is filling the internet with false information. Artists, writers, and many other professionals are in fear of their jobs. AI is discovering new medicines, running military drones, and
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The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

by Jill Lepore ...

**Best Books of August: Barnes & Noble, Goodreads“Lepore is our best scholar of the culture of governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of AI as a replacement for democracy. This is the issue of our times, and Lepore is the voice of sanity.”—Jaron Lanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget**“Much in history is headlong but few grand transformations have been more ... Read more

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**Best Books of August: Barnes & Noble, Goodreads“Lepore is our best scholar of the culture of governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of AI as a replacement for democracy. This is the issue of our times, and Lepore is the voice of sanity.”—Jaron Lanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget**“Much in history is headlong but few grand transformations have been more
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Supremacy

AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World

by Parmy Olson ...

WINNER OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS 2024 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDIn November of 2022, a webpage was posted online with a simple text box. It was an AI chatbot called ChatGPT, and was unlike any app people had used before. It was more human than a customer service agent, more convenient than a Google search. Behind the scenes, battles for control and prestige between the world’s two ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS 2024 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDIn November of 2022, a webpage was posted online with a simple text box. It was an AI chatbot called ChatGPT, and was unlike any app people had used before. It was more human than a customer service agent, more convenient than a Google search. Behind the scenes, battles for control and prestige between the world’s two
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The Thinking Machine

Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip

by Stephen Witt ...

**Winner of the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardNamed a Best Book of 2025 by The Economist“Framed as a biography of Jensen Huang, the only CEO Nvidia has ever had, the book is also something more interesting and revealing: a window onto the intellectual, cultural, and economic ecosystem that has led to the emergence of superpowerful AI.” —James Surowiecki, The Atlantic“A lively ... Read more

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**Winner of the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardNamed a Best Book of 2025 by The Economist“Framed as a biography of Jensen Huang, the only CEO Nvidia has ever had, the book is also something more interesting and revealing: a window onto the intellectual, cultural, and economic ecosystem that has led to the emergence of superpowerful AI.” —James Surowiecki, The Atlantic“A lively
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Genesis

Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

by Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Craig Mundie ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | USA TODAY BESTSELLER | LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER | J.P. MORGAN NEXTLIST SELECTIONIn his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joins forces with two leading technologists to mount “a profound exploration” (Walter Isaacson) of the epochal challenges and opportunities presented by the revolution in Artificial Intelligence: a breakthrough that dramatically empowers ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | USA TODAY BESTSELLER | LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER | J.P. MORGAN NEXTLIST SELECTIONIn his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joins forces with two leading technologists to mount “a profound exploration” (Walter Isaacson) of the epochal challenges and opportunities presented by the revolution in Artificial Intelligence: a breakthrough that dramatically empowers
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IAPP AIGP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional Study Guide

by Peter H. Gregory ...

Series series Sybex Study Guide
An accurate guide to success on the AIGP certification exam and an essential resource for technology and business professionals with an interest in artificial intelligence governance - now includes a downloadable supplement to get you up to date on the current AIGP 2.1 exam for 2026-2027!In the IAPP AIGP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional Study Guide, tech educator and author of more ... Read more

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An accurate guide to success on the AIGP certification exam and an essential resource for technology and business professionals with an interest in artificial intelligence governance - now includes a downloadable supplement to get you up to date on the current AIGP 2.1 exam for 2026-2027!In the IAPP AIGP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional Study Guide, tech educator and author of more
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We Are Not Machines

The Fight for the Future of Work

by Sarah O’Connor ...

**“Original and enlightening....the kind of writing that AI will never replace.”—The TimesFrom award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI and robotics are transforming the way we work.**Automation, we were told, was meant to do away with dull and dangerous tasks, freeing us to pursue more fulfilling work. But AI now threatens to turn even ... Read more

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**“Original and enlightening....the kind of writing that AI will never replace.”—The TimesFrom award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI and robotics are transforming the way we work.**Automation, we were told, was meant to do away with dull and dangerous tasks, freeing us to pursue more fulfilling work. But AI now threatens to turn even
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The Doctor's Future

A Blueprint for Future-Proofing Your Profession and for Healthcare Decision Makers Leading the Evolution of AI/Robotics-Powered Medicine

by Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli ...

The future of healthcare is being written now—will you shape it, or be left behind?The future of medicine is arriving faster than most doctors, healthcare leaders, and policy makers realize. In The Doctor’s Future, visionary acute medicine physician and thriving healthcare strategist, Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli delivers an authoritative roadmap for navigating a healthcare revolution driven by ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The future of healthcare is being written now—will you shape it, or be left behind?The future of medicine is arriving faster than most doctors, healthcare leaders, and policy makers realize. In The Doctor’s Future, visionary acute medicine physician and thriving healthcare strategist, Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli delivers an authoritative roadmap for navigating a healthcare revolution driven by
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What Is ChatGPT Doing

... and Why Does It Work?

by Stephen Wolfram ...

Nobody expected this—not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of writing at a convincingly human level. But how does it really work? What's going on inside its "AI mind"? In this short book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram provides a readable and engaging explanation that draws on his decades-long unique experience at the frontiers of ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Nobody expected this—not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of writing at a convincingly human level. But how does it really work? What's going on inside its "AI mind"? In this short book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram provides a readable and engaging explanation that draws on his decades-long unique experience at the frontiers of
... Read more
Disabling Intelligences

Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI

by Rua M. Williams ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book discusses the influences of eugenics on the AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people. Why are the negative consequences of so-called AI so consistently directed at disabled and racialized people? Disabling Intelligences answers this question by detailing the ongoing effects of the eugenicist mindset on our corporate ventures and our interpersonal relationships. It ... Read more

$40.99 USD

This book discusses the influences of eugenics on the AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people. Why are the negative consequences of so-called AI so consistently directed at disabled and racialized people? Disabling Intelligences answers this question by detailing the ongoing effects of the eugenicist mindset on our corporate ventures and our interpersonal relationships. It
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The Technology Trap

Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation

by Carl Benedikt Frey ...

"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently."—David Byrne, New York Times Book ReviewHow the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automationFrom the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap ... Read more

$21.59 USD

"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently."—David Byrne, New York Times Book ReviewHow the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automationFrom the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap
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Deep Learning

by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville ...

Series series Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series
An introduction to a broad range of topics in deep learning, covering mathematical and conceptual background, deep learning techniques used in industry, and research perspectives.“Written by three experts in the field, Deep Learning is the only comprehensive book on the subject.”—Elon Musk, cochair of OpenAI; cofounder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceXDeep learning is a form of machine learning that ... Read more

$61.99 USD

An introduction to a broad range of topics in deep learning, covering mathematical and conceptual background, deep learning techniques used in industry, and research perspectives.“Written by three experts in the field, Deep Learning is the only comprehensive book on the subject.”—Elon Musk, cochair of OpenAI; cofounder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceXDeep learning is a form of machine learning that
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GitHub Foundations Certification Guide

Essential skills, real-world labs, and exam strategies for GitHub beginners

by Ayodeji Ayodele ...

"Readers will gain the skills needed to pass the certification and a deeper appreciation of how GitHub can transform the way individuals and teams build software." - Irshad Burtally, Senior Director, Customer Success Architecture, GitHub "Whether you prefer instructor-led training, on-demand videos, or interactive labs, the GitHub Foundations Certification journey meets you where you are - making ... Read more

$26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Readers will gain the skills needed to pass the certification and a deeper appreciation of how GitHub can transform the way individuals and teams build software." - Irshad Burtally, Senior Director, Customer Success Architecture, GitHub "Whether you prefer instructor-led training, on-demand videos, or interactive labs, the GitHub Foundations Certification journey meets you where you are - making
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The AI Con

How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

by Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna ...

A smart, incisive work of technology criticism that examines the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the drawbacks of systems sold under this banner, and why it’s crucial to recognize the many ways in which AI hype covers for a small set of power-hungry actors.Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think ... Read more

$21.49 USD

A smart, incisive work of technology criticism that examines the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the drawbacks of systems sold under this banner, and why it’s crucial to recognize the many ways in which AI hype covers for a small set of power-hungry actors.Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think
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Dive Into Algorithms

A Pythonic Adventure for the Intrepid Beginner

by Bradford Tuckfield ...

Dive Into Algorithms is a broad introduction to algorithms using the Python Programming Language.Dive Into Algorithms is a wide-ranging, Pythonic tour of many of the world's most interesting algorithms. With little more than a bit of computer programming experience and basic high-school math, you'll explore standard computer science algorithms for searching, sorting, and optimization; human-based ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Dive Into Algorithms is a broad introduction to algorithms using the Python Programming Language.Dive Into Algorithms is a wide-ranging, Pythonic tour of many of the world's most interesting algorithms. With little more than a bit of computer programming experience and basic high-school math, you'll explore standard computer science algorithms for searching, sorting, and optimization; human-based
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Predictive Statistics

Analysis and Inference beyond Models

by Bertrand S. Clarke, Jennifer L. Clarke ...

Series Book 46 - Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics
All scientific disciplines prize predictive success. Conventional statistical analyses, however, treat prediction as secondary, instead focusing on modeling and hence estimation, testing, and detailed physical interpretation, tackling these tasks before the predictive adequacy of a model is established. This book outlines a fully predictive approach to statistical problems based on studying ... Read more

$90.99 USD

All scientific disciplines prize predictive success. Conventional statistical analyses, however, treat prediction as secondary, instead focusing on modeling and hence estimation, testing, and detailed physical interpretation, tackling these tasks before the predictive adequacy of a model is established. This book outlines a fully predictive approach to statistical problems based on studying
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