Philosophy Books


Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to coexist successfully with increasingly intellige…

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Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era

In as little as a decade, artificial intelligence could match, then surpass human intelligence. Corporations & government agencies around the …

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The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in …

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

Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how …

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

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

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The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind brings us a stunning new vision of our future in space. Human civilization is on the ve…

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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making p…

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the wa…

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Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Written by noted quantum computing theorist Scott Aaronson, this book takes readers on a tour through some of the deepest ideas of maths, computer…

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Who Owns the Future?

The “brilliant” and “daringly original” (The New York Times) critique of digital networks from the “David Foster Wallace of tech” (London Evening …

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