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The AI Does Not Hate You: Superintelligence, Rationality and the Race to Save the World by Tom Chivers
4.0
I found this book to be an interesting but somewhat difficult read. Parts of the book felt quite informationally dense, making it harder to put down and dive back into.
Despite the title, the book only half focuses on AI safety, with much of the rest of the book covering the community that helped bring AI safety into the mainstream. That's not to say the topic shift is without merit, and for anyone unfamiliar with the Rationalist movement gives an interesting introduction. On the flip side, the introduction to the Rationalists is also a largely sympathetic take and although touches on some of the more controversial criticisms of the movement largely dismisses them.
If you're interested in AI or AI safety and its modern history, this book gives a good jumping off point.
Despite the title, the book only half focuses on AI safety, with much of the rest of the book covering the community that helped bring AI safety into the mainstream. That's not to say the topic shift is without merit, and for anyone unfamiliar with the Rationalist movement gives an interesting introduction. On the flip side, the introduction to the Rationalists is also a largely sympathetic take and although touches on some of the more controversial criticisms of the movement largely dismisses them.
If you're interested in AI or AI safety and its modern history, this book gives a good jumping off point.