While I'm recommending books (starting with my own, of course 😋), here's a thread of some others I've enjoyed recently! 📚😊 - ThreadSky

wiringthebrain.bsky.social • 86 days ago

While I'm recommending books (starting with my own, of course 😋), here's a thread of some others I've enjoyed recently! 📚😊

Reposted from Kevin Mitchell

If you're looking for a Christmas present, books are always good... 😊😉🎅 press.princeton.edu/books/paperb..., press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... (just sayin'...)

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tonyzador.bsky.social•84 days ago

in addition to Kevin's books, which top my reading list, i highly recommend "A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains", an amazing synthesis full of new (new to me, anyway) insights

https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Intelligence-Humans-Breakthroughs/dp/0063286343/

wiringthebrain.bsky.social•86 days ago

Why Machines Learn - The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
By Anil Ananthaswamy @anilananth.bsky.social - a fantastic, accessible introduction to the math behind AI https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677608/why-machines-learn-by-anil-ananthaswamy/

wiringthebrain.bsky.social•86 days ago

Fine-Tuning Life - A Guide to MicroRNAs, Your Genome's Master Regulators https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fine-Tuning-Life-MicroRNAs-Genomes-Regulators/dp/1009466429 - a wonderful book by David Henshall, taking readers through the stories of the discovery of micro-RNAs and their crucial roles in fine-tuning gene expression

wiringthebrain.bsky.social•86 days ago

The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science. by Andrea Wulf https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invention-Nature-Adventures-Alexander-Humboldt/dp/1848549008/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DYWI27YS4PYK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xENX6K3aOWBWnrlHQup6swNKEP0ZQlVfdhLSjivVJN7GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.-qufZ6N8Tvdka_nG5v0_28xhKUtD03jELQgSdTlEvB4&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+invention+ofnature&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1733390676&s=books&sprefix=the+invention+ofnature%2Cstripbooks%2C56&sr=1-1 - a spectacular biography of the first ecologist and an important book for our times!

wiringthebrain.bsky.social•86 days ago

Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, by James Gleick @around.com https://www.amazon.com/Genius-Life-Science-Richard-Feynman/dp/0679747044 - a wonderful biography of a complicated man with a truly unique mind, told in Gleick's captivating, elegant prose

wiringthebrain.bsky.social•85 days ago

Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, by Parmy Olson https://www.amazon.com/Supremacy-ChatGPT-Race-Change-World/dp/1250337747 a revealing, entertaining look at the worlds of OpenAI and DeepMind and their relationships with big tech

wiringthebrain.bsky.social•85 days ago

Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics, @adamrutherford.bsky.social https://www.amazon.co.uk/Control-History-Troubling-Present-Eugenics/dp/1324035609 - excellent, in-depth history of eugenics. Important reading, as eugenics seems to be making a creepy, tech-bro-flavored comeback...