Understand AI before you buy it
Five steps to learn what AI is, what it already gets wrong, and what it changes at work.
Before you sign up for an AI tool, you need to know what you're talking about. This path starts with the basics and ends with a piece of fiction, to step back.
Step 1
L'Intelligence Artificielle n'existe pas
The basics, from the former head of the Siri team at Apple: what AI is, and what it isn't.
BookA weekendDatedL'Intelligence Artificielle n'existe pas
Luc Julia, 2019
AI & algorithms
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AlphaGo
A concrete case: a program beats a world go champion, and what that says about what AI can really do.
DocumentaryOne eveningLesWWW reviewAlphaGo
Greg Kohs, 2017
AI & algorithms
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Weapons of Math Destruction
The flip side: algorithms that discriminate at scale, with nobody checking them.
BookA weekendWeapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O'Neil, 2016
AI & algorithms
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The Glass Cage
What automation does to the skills of the people who use it.
BookA weekendThe Glass Cage
Nicholas Carr, 2014
Digital economy
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Ex Machina
To finish, a piece of fiction about the Turing test and artificial consciousness.
FilmOne eveningEx Machina
Alex Garland, 2014
AI & algorithms
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Paths
5 steps
Startup culture kit
Validate an idea, build, hold on through the hard times, and a cautionary tale to finish.
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Social media in 4 evenings
One film and three documentaries, from the creation of Facebook to Cambridge Analytica.
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Take back your attention
Understand the attention economy, what it does to your brain, then change your habits.
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Tech history, from Turing to Silicon Valley
From the origins of computing to the forerunners of the smartphone, in one book, two films, a TV series and a documentary.
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