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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All

de 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. ... Leer más

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**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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AI Engineering

Building Applications with Foundation Models

de Chip Huyen ...

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build ... Leer más

$48.99 USD

Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use. Everyone, including those with minimal or no prior AI experience, can now leverage AI models to build
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The Singularity Is Nearer

When We Merge with AI

de Ray Kurzweil ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come**Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have ... Leer más

$1.99 USD

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come**Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have
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The Big Nine

How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

de Amy Webb ...

A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people whose data powers AI -- aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, ... Leer más

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A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people whose data powers AI -- aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa,
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More Everything Forever

AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity

de Adam Becker ...

This "smart and wonderfully readable" (New York Times) exposé shows why Silicon Valley’s heartless, baseless, and foolish obsessions—with escaping death, building AI tyrants, and creating limitless growth—are about oligarchic power, not preparing for the futureNamed a Best Book of the Year by Science News**•** Conversation • S... ... Leer más

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This "smart and wonderfully readable" (New York Times) exposé shows why Silicon Valley’s heartless, baseless, and foolish obsessions—with escaping death, building AI tyrants, and creating limitless growth—are about oligarchic power, not preparing for the futureNamed a Best Book of the Year by Science News**•** Conversation • S...
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In the Beginning...Was the Command Line

de Neal Stephenson ...

This is "the Word" -- one man's word, certainly -- about the art (and artifice) of the state of our computer-centric existence. And considering that the "one man" is Neal Stephenson, "the hacker Hemingway" (Newsweek) -- acclaimed novelist, pragmatist, seer, nerd-friendly philosopher, and nationally bestselling author of groundbreaking literary works (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, etc., etc.) -- the ... Leer más

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This is "the Word" -- one man's word, certainly -- about the art (and artifice) of the state of our computer-centric existence. And considering that the "one man" is Neal Stephenson, "the hacker Hemingway" (Newsweek) -- acclaimed novelist, pragmatist, seer, nerd-friendly philosopher, and nationally bestselling author of groundbreaking literary works (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, etc., etc.) -- the
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The Model Thinker

What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

de Scott E. Page ...

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, ... Leer más

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Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows,
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The AGI Chronicles

The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

de 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 ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

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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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The Proof in the Code

How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI

de Kevin Hartnett ...

“The most interesting book I’ve ever read about math.” —Kevin Roose, New York Times tech columnist and co-host of the Hard Fork podcastThe Proof in the Code tells the inside story of Lean, a computer program that answers the age-old question: How do you know if something is true?It began as an obscure bug-checking program at Microsoft Research developed by a lone computer engineer named Le... ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

“The most interesting book I’ve ever read about math.” —Kevin Roose, New York Times tech columnist and co-host of the Hard Fork podcastThe Proof in the Code tells the inside story of Lean, a computer program that answers the age-old question: How do you know if something is true?It began as an obscure bug-checking program at Microsoft Research developed by a lone computer engineer named Le...
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Algorithms to Live By

The Computer Science of Human Decisions

de Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths ...

An exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind.What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of the new and familiar is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not. Computers, ... Leer más

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An exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind.What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of the new and familiar is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not. Computers,
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The Human-Agent Orchestrator

Leading and Scaling AI-Driven Organizations

de Pascal Bornet, Jochen Wirtz, Tarja Stephens, Rachel Wood, Frederique Covington Corbett, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Rakesh Gohel, Helen Yu, Nima Schei, Cassie Kozyrkov ...

From the authors of a Forbes "Top 10 Must-Read Tech Book" for 2025.“The magic isn’t in bigger AI models, it’s in Orchestration.”—Andrew Ng, Founder, DeepLearning.AI and Coursera“The era of the user is ending. The era of the Orchestrator has begun.”—Marshall Goldsmith, two-time Thinkers50 #1 Global Leadership ThinkerWe are the last generation to manage only humans. The next will manage hybrid teams ... Leer más

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From the authors of a Forbes "Top 10 Must-Read Tech Book" for 2025.“The magic isn’t in bigger AI models, it’s in Orchestration.”—Andrew Ng, Founder, DeepLearning.AI and Coursera“The era of the user is ending. The era of the Orchestrator has begun.”—Marshall Goldsmith, two-time Thinkers50 #1 Global Leadership ThinkerWe are the last generation to manage only humans. The next will manage hybrid teams
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The Psychology of Software Teams

de Cat Hicks ...

To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful
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The Alignment Problem

Machine Learning and Human Values

de 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 ... Leer más

$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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A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going

de Michael Wooldridge ...

From Oxford's leading AI researcher comes a fun and accessible tour through the history and future of one of the most cutting edge and misunderstood field in science: Artificial IntelligenceThe somewhat ill-defined long-term aim of AI is to build machines that are conscious, self-aware, and sentient; machines capable of the kind of intelligent autonomous action that currently only people are ... Leer más

$17.29 USD

From Oxford's leading AI researcher comes a fun and accessible tour through the history and future of one of the most cutting edge and misunderstood field in science: Artificial IntelligenceThe somewhat ill-defined long-term aim of AI is to build machines that are conscious, self-aware, and sentient; machines capable of the kind of intelligent autonomous action that currently only people are
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Destination AAISM

de 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 ... Leer más

$24.95 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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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Python Crash Course, 3rd Edition

A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

de Eric Matthes ...

Python Crash Course is the world’s bestselling programming book, with over 1,500,000 copies sold to date!Python Crash Course is the world’s best-selling guide to the Python programming language. This fast-paced, thorough introduction will have you writing programs, solving problems, and developing functioning applications in no time.You’ll start by learning basic programming concepts, such as ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

Python Crash Course is the world’s bestselling programming book, with over 1,500,000 copies sold to date!Python Crash Course is the world’s best-selling guide to the Python programming language. This fast-paced, thorough introduction will have you writing programs, solving problems, and developing functioning applications in no time.You’ll start by learning basic programming concepts, such as
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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

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

de 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... ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

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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Designing Data-Intensive Applications

The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

de Martin Kleppmann, Chris Riccomini ...

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What ... Leer más

$43.99 USD

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability need to be resolved. In addition, there's an overwhelming variety of systems, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, data warehouses, and data lakes. There are cloud services, on-premises services, and embedded databases. What
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AI for Good

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

de 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. ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

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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Valley of Death

How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War

de Sharon Weinberger ...

Drawing on deep, exclusive reporting, a veteran national security correspondent reveals how a new military-industrial complex is arising from the cradle of Silicon Valley, with vast implications for American democracy and the global balance of power.Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Alexander Karp. These tech titans are fast becoming some of the most powerful figures in the realm of national security, ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

Drawing on deep, exclusive reporting, a veteran national security correspondent reveals how a new military-industrial complex is arising from the cradle of Silicon Valley, with vast implications for American democracy and the global balance of power.Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Alexander Karp. These tech titans are fast becoming some of the most powerful figures in the realm of national security,
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Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Plan and Build Robust Data Systems

de Joe Reis, Matt Housley ...

Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle ... Leer más

$48.99 USD

Data engineering has grown rapidly in the past decade, leaving many software engineers, data scientists, and analysts looking for a comprehensive view of this practice. With this practical book, you'll learn how to plan and build systems to serve the needs of your organization and customers by evaluating the best technologies available through the framework of the data engineering lifecycle
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Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide

Data Lakehouse Functionality, Performance, and Scalability on the Data Lake

de Tomer Shiran, Jason Hughes, Alex Merced ...

Traditional data architecture patterns are severely limited. To use these patterns, you have to ETL data into each tool—a cost-prohibitive process for making warehouse features available to all of your data. The lack of flexibility with these patterns requires you to lock into a set of priority tools and formats, which creates data silos and data drift. This practical book shows you a better way ... Leer más

$43.99 USD

Traditional data architecture patterns are severely limited. To use these patterns, you have to ETL data into each tool—a cost-prohibitive process for making warehouse features available to all of your data. The lack of flexibility with these patterns requires you to lock into a set of priority tools and formats, which creates data silos and data drift. This practical book shows you a better way
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Practical Lakehouse Architecture

Designing and Implementing Modern Data Platforms at Scale

de Gaurav Ashok Thalpati ...

This concise yet comprehensive guide explains how to adopt a data lakehouse architecture to implement modern data platforms. It reviews the design considerations, challenges, and best practices for implementing a lakehouse and provides key insights into the ways that using a lakehouse can impact your data platform, from managing structured and unstructured data and supporting BI and AI/ML use ... Leer más

$43.99 USD

This concise yet comprehensive guide explains how to adopt a data lakehouse architecture to implement modern data platforms. It reviews the design considerations, challenges, and best practices for implementing a lakehouse and provides key insights into the ways that using a lakehouse can impact your data platform, from managing structured and unstructured data and supporting BI and AI/ML use
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A Christian’s Guide to AI

12 Biblical Answers to the Questions We’re All Asking

de Pete Killingley ...

You aim to be intentional and faithful in all areas of life, and now AI is a part of life. So what does it mean to think biblically about AI and the way it affects your day-to-day? What sorts of problems can AI help you with? What impact might it have on your church?Whether you’re nervous or excited about technological changes, Pete Killingley’s guide to AI for Christians is a great help. This ... Leer más

$7.19 USD

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You aim to be intentional and faithful in all areas of life, and now AI is a part of life. So what does it mean to think biblically about AI and the way it affects your day-to-day? What sorts of problems can AI help you with? What impact might it have on your church?Whether you’re nervous or excited about technological changes, Pete Killingley’s guide to AI for Christians is a great help. This
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