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What I'm Reading
Books that shaped how I think about machine learning, technology, and the world. A mix of technical depth, big-picture ideas, and questions about consciousness.
Technical
3 booksML, deep learning, and computer vision
Deep Learning
Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio & Aaron Courville
The definitive textbook on deep learning fundamentals — covers everything from linear algebra to GANs.
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow
Aurelien Geron
The most practical ML book I've read. Great for going from theory to working code.
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
Christopher M. Bishop
Dense but rewarding. Essential for understanding the probabilistic foundations of ML.
Non-Fiction
3 booksAI, history, and the future
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Nick Bostrom
A rigorous look at what happens when machines surpass human intelligence. Changed how I think about AI safety.
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari
Traces how information networks shaped civilizations — and where AI fits into that arc.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
A sweeping narrative of how Homo sapiens came to dominate the planet. Puts technology in perspective.
Philosophy & Consciousness
4 booksMind, time, and what it means to think
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas Hofstadter
A mind-bending exploration of consciousness, self-reference, and how meaning emerges from formal systems. The book that connects math, art, and music to AI.
The Emperor's New Mind
Roger Penrose
Penrose argues that human consciousness is non-algorithmic. Whether you agree or not, it forces you to think deeply about what computation really is.
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Stoic philosophy from a Roman emperor. Timeless lessons on discipline, perspective, and inner calm — surprisingly relevant to the grind of research.
The Coming Wave
Mustafa Suleyman
The DeepMind co-founder lays out how AI and synthetic biology will reshape society — and why containment is the defining challenge of our era.