AI develops, topics of interpretability and transparency are going to come up.

And
it's going to provide a very serious check to the advancement of AI. Our point of
view is that the only way to really keep up with this is to use more math, more
data science.

It's like an arms race. As the math becomes more complex in making predictions, the
math needed to interpret and understand those models as humans becomes more
important and more advanced. So characteristics that allow us to understand why
they're saying what they say. And this book is one of very few that really covers
that. There are a lot of papers on the topic but very few books.

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how the mind works ai booksHow the Mind Works by Steven Pinker

It’s not an AI book but it does have a section on building artificial

intelligence.It’s just a preposterously good book just in general. It's almost on
par with The Selfish Gene type of overarching, broad view of the evolutionary
effect on the human brain. How the Mind Works is a very nice high-level view over
human brain function, not necessarily directly applicable to artificial
intelligence, but it is a very, very good book. And Pinker does talk about AI
there.

Alex Castrounis
ai for people and business ai booksAI for People and Business by Alex Castrounis

It’s becoming imperative for business leaders to understand artificial intelligence

and machine learning at an appropriate level in order to build great data-centric
products and solutions. Given that, I wrote AI for People and Businesses for
executives, managers and non-technical folks that are interested in leveraging AI
within their organization, and to fill a gap that I saw in the AI literature.

I also wrote it for practitioners interested in a business perspective around AI,

to give them frameworks they can use to explain complex AI concepts to their
company’s leadership. Because sometimes there's a bit of a struggle there. At the
end of the day, I think it will help people understand exactly what AI is and help
them learn how to identify opportunities with AI. It's really focused on developing
and executing a successful AI vision and strategy as well.

And AI is hard to simplify because it's inherently not simple. If you want, you can
dive all the way down into vector calculus and matrix and linear algebra and
statistics — the list goes on. But it's all about what level of granularity is
right for what target audience. This book really simplifies all those very complex
things in ways that benefit executives and managers.

the hundred page machine learning book ai booksThe Hundred-Page Machine Learning
Book by Andriy Burkov

It’s an excellent overview of machine learning, written for practitioners. It

covers most areas of machine learning that a practitioner should know about.
There’s a good amount of theory and math without being overly technical or
mathematically rigorous. I do think that all practitioners should have this on
their bookshelf. And it also benefits non-practitioners that want to take a bit of
a deeper dive into various aspects of machine learning as well.

I really like how succinct and summarized it is. It’s like a tour of machine
learning that could serve as an intro or intermediate book and even as a desktop
reference. It’s definitely practitioner-focused, unless you're a non-practitioner
who really wants to learn more of the nitty gritty of machine learning.

Every chapter is a similar length, with summaries on all the topics associated with
machine learning plus the math behind it, but not like the rigorous derivation of
all the equations. This is a step [away] from that — more of a succinct
summary/desktop reference nature. But it's a very good book.