🤖 AI 101 Recommendations

Hey AI Beginners, come here!

Aug 18, 2023

Hey There, AI Explorers! 🤖

Want to know AI from a business, startup, and investor perspective? Feeling lost and thinking AI sounds too technical? Come on, don't worry! Together, we'll find a path that makes sense for you. Dive into the world of artificial intelligence with these handpicked recommendations, and let's make this journey both fun and informative

🎓 Online Courses: Start with the Basics

If you’re new to AI, a structured course can help you make sense of the terminology before you start following every new announcement.

AI for Everyone on Coursera by Andrew Ng is a useful starting point for people without a technical background. It covers what AI can and cannot do, how organisations approach AI projects, and the ethical and societal questions involved.

📧 AI Newsletters Worth Reading

Newsletters help you discover which parts of AI interest you most. These three offer different perspectives:

Exponential View by Azeem Azhar examines how AI and other technologies affect business, the economy, and society.
The AI Ethics Brief by the Montreal AI Ethics Institute brings together research and commentary on AI ethics, policy, and the people affected by these systems.
AI Supremacy by Michael Spencer covers AI research, companies, startups, and business developments, with contributions from a range of writers.

🎧 Podcasts on the Go

If you prefer listening, interviews can help you understand how people working in the field approach the questions behind the headlines.

Azeem Azhar’s Exponential View explores the implications of AI and other technologies for business and society.
The Artificial Intelligence Podcast by Dr. Tony Hoang features conversations with AI practitioners and business leaders about putting AI to work.

📚 Books for a Deeper Understanding

For a more sustained look at the economic, political, and organisational questions, start here:

Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb explains AI through the falling cost of prediction and what that means for business decisions. The link leads to the updated and expanded edition.
The Age of AI: And Our Human Future by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher considers AI’s implications for knowledge, security, and international order. Read it as a particular perspective on these questions, alongside other voices.
The Year in Tech, 2023: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review collects articles on technology and business. It offers a snapshot of the debates around that period, rather than a guide to today’s developments.

🎁 Where to Begin

You don’t need to subscribe to everything or finish every book. Start with one course and one newsletter. Follow the questions that hold your attention, and use the books and podcasts to explore them further.