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Cheng-Wei Hu's avatar

I would also recommend Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius by Ray Monk. It’s worth pondering how Wittgenstein thinks about languages and how we see language models now.

Love this list, so many great books.

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Becoming Human's avatar

Surprised (but pleased) to see McIntyre on the list!

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Cathie Campbell's avatar

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned by Joel Lehman

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Joel is a Cosmos fellow :)

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Adam's avatar

Interesting list, I've read a few of these and there are a few I intend to read.

You mention that Joel Lehman contributed a book to the list, yet I can't seem to find it in this article? I'm curious what it is.

Thanks.

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Daniel Fortune's avatar

Great list! I think there’s a little diamond in the rough when it comes to modern philosophy meets modern engineering in this book by someone I have the pleasure of personally knowing/having worked with at Compact for America, Nick Dranias.

Why Excellence Matters: Building Better AI Through Better Ethics

https://a.co/d/aTlnEVV

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