Most discussions on AI / AGI are about tools, or startup ideas, or clickbait headlines.
This is an online book club where we’ll read books on AI politics, economics, history, science, biology, philosophy, concerns, future.
We’ll read seven books — handpicked to cover most of these areas — and will have a weekly syncs to discuss these.
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Anyone, anywhere! You’re welcome to join one, a few, or all seven book events. Ideally, you’ll have read and thought through the book, but the minimum is a few hours of “vibe reading” — enough to get a feel for it, with the intention to finish later.
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| Theme | Book | Date | Notes |
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| Future scenarios of AI | AI 2041: Ten Visions for the Future, by Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan | 4 Oct, 2025 → done | [**Discussion notes |
| Recent history / politics / economics of AI | Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI, by Karen Hao | 17 Oct, 2025 → done | [**Discussion notes |
| Social science / human concerns of AI | AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't, and How to Tell the Difference, by Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor | 14 Nov, 2025 → done | [**Discussion notes |
| AI alignment / control | If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All, by Eliezer Yudkowsky & Nate Soares | 21 Nov, 2025 | |
| Biology & AI | A Brief History of Intelligence: Why The Evolution of The Brain Holds The Key To The Future of AI, by Max Bennett | 28 Nov, 2025 | |
| Labor / economics & AI | Reshuffle: Who Wins When AI Restacks The Knowledge Economy, by Sangeet Paul Choudary | 5 Dec, 2025 | |
| Philosophy of AI | Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence, by James Bridle | 12 Dec, 2025 |
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These books are selected based on quality, depth / breadth, diversity, recency, ease of understanding, etc. Beyond that — I neither endorse any book, nor am affiliated with any.
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It’ll be a free flowing discussion, but great to come prepared with these thoughts:
Discussion notes | Empire of AI
Discussion notes | AI Snake Oil