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Computer Science

30 reviews

Books

Godel, Escher, Bach

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Ties math, art, and music together in a really interesting way. By no means an easy read, but absolutely fascinating.
Accelerando

Charles Stross

Enjoyed this take on future tech and its implications on economic systems.
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares

A moderately accessible introduction about the very real risks of superintelligent AI.
Read more: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
AI Engineering

Chip Huyen

Good overview across the AI stack
The Engineering Executive's Primer

Will Larson

Pragmatic overview of the role
The Staff Engineer's Path

Tanya Reilly
Exegesis

Astro Teller

Quite ahead of its time for 1997, tells the story of the emergence of an AI through email exchanges.
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

Roger Williams

This was a long series of posts on kuro5hin, eventually made into a book
Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom
Rise of the Robots

Martin R. Ford
Diaspora

Greg Egan
Microserfs

Douglas Coupland
Code Complete

Steve McConnell
About Face 3

Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin
Being Geek

Michael Lopp
The Pragmatic Programmer

Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
The Effective Engineer

Edmond Lau
97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know

Camille Fournier

Basically a collection of 97 management-related blog posts. Some good lessons, but quality varies
Chip War

Chris Miller

Basically a 300-page long New Yorker article about the history of the semiconductor industry
Daemon

Daniel Suarez

Agentic AI before it was cool.
1. Daemon
2. Freedom
Nexus

Ramez Naam
1. Nexus
2. Crux
3. Apex
Neuromancer

William Gibson

Like a lot of highly-influential books, ends up feeling dated and overhyped because its innovative ideas have been copied and improved upon by others.
Deep Utopia

Nick Bostrom

There were a few interesting parts here, but ultimately this book less about AI and more about philosophy/the meaning of life. Not my cup of tea, I preferred Superintelligence.
Imperial Radch

Ann Leckie
1. Ancillary Justice
2. Ancillary Sword

Movies & TV

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Some impressive stunts, but the dialog is just so horrendous and it’s entirely too long
1. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning