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Co-Existence

The Next Phase of AI

by Ethan Mollick ...

How do we live alongside machines that are sometimes smarter than us?We are entering a new era. AI systems can already outperform humans in some domains while failing spectacularly in others. They can act as tutors, collaborators, researchers, strategists, and creators...yet they can also produce falsehoods, generate convincing nonsense, and fail unpredictably. The challenge is no longer simply ... Read more

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How do we live alongside machines that are sometimes smarter than us?We are entering a new era. AI systems can already outperform humans in some domains while failing spectacularly in others. They can act as tutors, collaborators, researchers, strategists, and creators...yet they can also produce falsehoods, generate convincing nonsense, and fail unpredictably. The challenge is no longer simply
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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late

by Cory Doctorow ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c... ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c...
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Build an AI Agent (From Scratch)

Agents that reason, plan, and act autonomously

by Jungjun Hur, Younghee Song ...

Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning."A practical guide for anyone who wants to move beyond demos and create agentic systems with confidence.”—Elliot Kim, Coupang Inc.This book is a fascinating step-by-step journey through design, development, and deployment of a system of autonomous AI agents. Authors Jungjun Hur and Younghee Song guide you concept-by-concept as you ... Read more

$43.99 USD

Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning."A practical guide for anyone who wants to move beyond demos and create agentic systems with confidence.”—Elliot Kim, Coupang Inc.This book is a fascinating step-by-step journey through design, development, and deployment of a system of autonomous AI agents. Authors Jungjun Hur and Younghee Song guide you concept-by-concept as you
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The AGI Chronicles

The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

by Kevin Roose ...

"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon MuskThis is the story of the twenty-first century’s Manhattan Project: the race to create artificial general intelligence.For the last decade, a handful of AI companies have been racing to build the most powerful ... Read more

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"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon MuskThis is the story of the twenty-first century’s Manhattan Project: the race to create artificial general intelligence.For the last decade, a handful of AI companies have been racing to build the most powerful
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Co-Intelligence

Living and Working with AI

by Ethan Mollick ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI**Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could ... Read more

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**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI**Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could
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Superintelligence

Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom ...

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of ... Read more

$11.39 USD

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of
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Agentic GraphRAG

Integrating Knowledge Graphs, Reasoning, and Agency for Enterprise AI

by Anthony Alcaraz, Sam Julien ...

What if your AI systems could retrieve information, reason over complex knowledge, plan actions, and continuously learn—with enterprise-grade security and compliance? Agentic GraphRAG guides technical leaders, engineers, and architects through the next evolution of GenAI. Combining retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with graph-based reasoning and agentic capabilities, this guide is a blueprint ... Read more

$48.99 USD

What if your AI systems could retrieve information, reason over complex knowledge, plan actions, and continuously learn—with enterprise-grade security and compliance? Agentic GraphRAG guides technical leaders, engineers, and architects through the next evolution of GenAI. Combining retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with graph-based reasoning and agentic capabilities, this guide is a blueprint
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We Are Not Machines

The Fight for the Future of Work

by Sarah O’Connor ...

**“Original and enlightening....the kind of writing that AI will never replace.”—The TimesAutomation was promised to free us from drudgery. Instead, it is turning creative and essential work into dehumanizing labor.**In this deeply reported investigation, award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor exposes how AI and robotics are reshaping the modern workplace. Traveling from Amazon ... Read more

$20.19 USD

**“Original and enlightening....the kind of writing that AI will never replace.”—The TimesAutomation was promised to free us from drudgery. Instead, it is turning creative and essential work into dehumanizing labor.**In this deeply reported investigation, award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor exposes how AI and robotics are reshaping the modern workplace. Traveling from Amazon
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How AI Works

From Sorcery to Science

by Ronald T. Kneusel ...

AI isn’t magic. How AI Works demystifies the explosion of artificial intelligence by explaining—without a single mathematical equation—what happened, when it happened, why it happened, how it happened, and what AI is actually doing "under the hood."Artificial intelligence is everywhere—from self-driving cars, to image generation from text, to the unexpected power of language systems like ChatGPT ... Read more

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AI isn’t magic. How AI Works demystifies the explosion of artificial intelligence by explaining—without a single mathematical equation—what happened, when it happened, why it happened, how it happened, and what AI is actually doing "under the hood."Artificial intelligence is everywhere—from self-driving cars, to image generation from text, to the unexpected power of language systems like ChatGPT
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The Human Use of Human Beings

Cybernetics and Society

by Norbert Wiener ...

For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of The Human Use of Human Beings—the landmark book that delves into the relationship between humans and computers, and presciently anticipates many contemporary dilemmas surrounding AI technology. With a new introduction by Brian Christian, author of the bestselling Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem.In 1950, mathematician-philosopher Norbert ... Read more

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For the 75th anniversary, a new edition of The Human Use of Human Beings—the landmark book that delves into the relationship between humans and computers, and presciently anticipates many contemporary dilemmas surrounding AI technology. With a new introduction by Brian Christian, author of the bestselling Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem.In 1950, mathematician-philosopher Norbert
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Guardrails

How to embrace AI in your business without damaging your brand

by Craig McDonogh ...

Neither hope nor denial are strategies for managing AI risk.AI adoption is accelerating faster than any previous technological shift. The opportunities for creating competitive advantage are huge – but so are the risks of new, faster routes to reputational damage.GuardrAIls bridges the gap between innovation and reputation management by providing actionable, non-negotiable guardrails for ethical ... Read more

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Neither hope nor denial are strategies for managing AI risk.AI adoption is accelerating faster than any previous technological shift. The opportunities for creating competitive advantage are huge – but so are the risks of new, faster routes to reputational damage.GuardrAIls bridges the gap between innovation and reputation management by providing actionable, non-negotiable guardrails for ethical
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Destination AAISM

by Rob Witcher, Filip Kokotovic ...

Destination AAISM is aligned with ISACA's AAISM exam outline.Our goal is simple: we want to help you prepare for the AAISM exam with confidence while building a strong foundation in the principles of AI security that will help you lead and make informed security decisions in an increasingly AI-driven world.At Destination Certification, we have the collective wisdom from working in the security ... Read more

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Destination AAISM is aligned with ISACA's AAISM exam outline.Our goal is simple: we want to help you prepare for the AAISM exam with confidence while building a strong foundation in the principles of AI security that will help you lead and make informed security decisions in an increasingly AI-driven world.At Destination Certification, we have the collective wisdom from working in the security
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AI 2041

Ten Visions for Our Future

by Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan ...

How will AI change our world within twenty years? A pioneering technologist and acclaimed writer team up for a “dazzling” (The New York Times) look at the future that “brims with intriguing insights” (Financial Times). This edition includes a new foreword by Kai-Fu Lee.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Financial TimesLong before the advent of ChatGPT, Kai-Fu ... Read more

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How will AI change our world within twenty years? A pioneering technologist and acclaimed writer team up for a “dazzling” (The New York Times) look at the future that “brims with intriguing insights” (Financial Times). This edition includes a new foreword by Kai-Fu Lee.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Financial TimesLong before the advent of ChatGPT, Kai-Fu
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Artificial Intelligence

A Guide for Thinking Humans

by Melanie Mitchell ...

**“After reading Mitchell’s guide, you’ll know what you don’t know and what other people don’t know, even though they claim to know it. And that’s invaluable.” —The New York TimesA leading computer scientist brings human sense to the AI bubble.**No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial ... Read more

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**“After reading Mitchell’s guide, you’ll know what you don’t know and what other people don’t know, even though they claim to know it. And that’s invaluable.” —The New York TimesA leading computer scientist brings human sense to the AI bubble.**No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial
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AI for Good

How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things That Matter

by Josh Tyrangiel ...

In contrast to the wave of noisy polemics around AI, AI For Good explores how, in practice, it can actually improve our lives and tells the stories of everyday citizens at the forefront of this new “AI entrepreneurship.”AI is often framed as a force of radical transformation, either catapulting us into a utopian future or dragging us toward existential ruin. But this book tells a different story. ... Read more

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In contrast to the wave of noisy polemics around AI, AI For Good explores how, in practice, it can actually improve our lives and tells the stories of everyday citizens at the forefront of this new “AI entrepreneurship.”AI is often framed as a force of radical transformation, either catapulting us into a utopian future or dragging us toward existential ruin. But this book tells a different story.
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All

by Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 | The Guardian's Best Books of 2025 | A 2025 Booklist Editors' Choice PickThe scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction—but it’s not too late to change course, as two of the field’s earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity."May prove to be the most important book of our time. ... Read more

$13.99 USD

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 | The Guardian's Best Books of 2025 | A 2025 Booklist Editors' Choice PickThe scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction—but it’s not too late to change course, as two of the field’s earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity."May prove to be the most important book of our time.
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Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

A Field Guide for Navigating AI-Driven Search and Discovery

by Rodrigo Stockebrand ...

Answer engines like ChatGPT are changing how people search for information. Instead of returning lists of web pages, these systems provide direct answers, sourced from content they can confidently access and interpret. As a result, clicks from traditional SEO efforts continue to decline, making it clear a new approach is needed.This book introduces the emerging discipline of answer engine ... Read more

$36.79 USD

Answer engines like ChatGPT are changing how people search for information. Instead of returning lists of web pages, these systems provide direct answers, sourced from content they can confidently access and interpret. As a result, clicks from traditional SEO efforts continue to decline, making it clear a new approach is needed.This book introduces the emerging discipline of answer engine
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Mastering Claude AI : The Complete Beginner's Guide to Prompt Engineering, Automating Work, and Saving Time

by Himanshoo Jaiswal ...

Stop typing. Start commanding.The modern professional is drowning in digital friction. You lose hours every day to endless emails, messy spreadsheets, and the terrifying paralysis of the blank page. You are burning elite cognitive energy on robotic, administrative chores.It is time to build your digital workforce.Mastering Claude AI strips away the theoretical hype to deliver a tactical, zero ... Read more

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Stop typing. Start commanding.The modern professional is drowning in digital friction. You lose hours every day to endless emails, messy spreadsheets, and the terrifying paralysis of the blank page. You are burning elite cognitive energy on robotic, administrative chores.It is time to build your digital workforce.Mastering Claude AI strips away the theoretical hype to deliver a tactical, zero
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Foundations of Computer Vision

by Antonio Torralba, Phillip Isola, William T. Freeman ...

Series series Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series
An accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date computer vision textbook offering a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of the field that incorporates the latest deep learning advances.Machine learning has revolutionized computer vision, but the methods of today have deep roots in the history of the field. Providing a much-needed modern treatment, this accessible and up-to-date textbook ... Read more

$54.99 USD

An accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date computer vision textbook offering a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of the field that incorporates the latest deep learning advances.Machine learning has revolutionized computer vision, but the methods of today have deep roots in the history of the field. Providing a much-needed modern treatment, this accessible and up-to-date textbook
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The Doctor's Future

A Blueprint for Future-Proofing Your Profession and for Healthcare Decision Makers Leading the Evolution of AI/Robotics-Powered Medicine

by Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli ...

The future of healthcare is being written now—will you shape it, or be left behind?The future of medicine is arriving faster than most doctors, healthcare leaders, and policy makers realize. In The Doctor’s Future, visionary acute medicine physician and thriving healthcare strategist, Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli delivers an authoritative roadmap for navigating a healthcare revolution driven by ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The future of healthcare is being written now—will you shape it, or be left behind?The future of medicine is arriving faster than most doctors, healthcare leaders, and policy makers realize. In The Doctor’s Future, visionary acute medicine physician and thriving healthcare strategist, Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli delivers an authoritative roadmap for navigating a healthcare revolution driven by
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Nexus

A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.“Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly.”—The Economist“This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of ... Read more

$14.99 USD

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.“Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly.”—The Economist“This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of
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The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

by Jill Lepore ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLonglisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearBest Books of August: Barnes & Noble, GoodreadsA New York Times New and Notable Title“Lepore is our best scholar of the culture of governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of AI as a replacement for democracy. This is the issue of our times, and Lepore is the voice of ... Read more

$20.59 USD

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLonglisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearBest Books of August: Barnes & Noble, GoodreadsA New York Times New and Notable Title“Lepore is our best scholar of the culture of governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of AI as a replacement for democracy. This is the issue of our times, and Lepore is the voice of
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Designing Machine Learning Systems

An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications

by Chip Huyen ...

Machine learning systems are both complex and unique. Complex because they consist of many different components and involve many different stakeholders. Unique because they're data dependent, with data varying wildly from one use case to the next. In this book, you'll learn a holistic approach to designing ML systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and adaptive to changing environments ... Read more

$41.09 USD

Machine learning systems are both complex and unique. Complex because they consist of many different components and involve many different stakeholders. Unique because they're data dependent, with data varying wildly from one use case to the next. In this book, you'll learn a holistic approach to designing ML systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and adaptive to changing environments
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The Alignment Problem

Machine Learning and Human Values

by Brian Christian ...

**"If you’re going to read one book on artificial intelligence, this is the one." —Stephen Marche, New York TimesA jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them.**Today’s “machine-learning” systems, trained by data, are so effective that we’ve invited them to see and hear for us—and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ... Read more

$13.69 USD

**"If you’re going to read one book on artificial intelligence, this is the one." —Stephen Marche, New York TimesA jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them.**Today’s “machine-learning” systems, trained by data, are so effective that we’ve invited them to see and hear for us—and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are
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