🎯 Ai Alignment

Books tackling one of the defining challenges of our era: how to ensure artificial intelligence systems act in accordance with human values and intentions. These works range from technical research to philosophical inquiry about what happens when we build minds we cannot fully control.

Life 3.0

by Max Tegmark • 2017

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

3.99

28k+

🧭 Ai Ethics 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness 🤖 Automation And Jobs

Life 3.0

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

by Max Tegmark 2017

3.99

28k+ ratings

🧭 Ai Ethics 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness 🤖 Automation And Jobs

Human Compatible

by Stuart Russell • 2019

Superintelligence will give us exactly what we ask for, and that is the problem.

4.04

5k+

🧠 Superintelligence ⚖️ Machine Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk ♟️ Game Theory 🏭 Automation And Jobs

Human Compatible

Superintelligence will give us exactly what we ask for, and that is the problem.

by Stuart Russell 2019

4.04

5k+ ratings

🧠 Superintelligence ⚖️ Machine Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk ♟️ Game Theory 🏭 Automation And Jobs

The Alignment Problem

by Brian Christian • 2020

AI learns our blind spots along with our data. Correcting that is the central problem in computing.

4.34

5k+

🤖 Machine Learning Ethics ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔍 Interpretable Ai 🕹️ Reinforcement Learning 🧠 Neural Network History

The Alignment Problem

AI learns our blind spots along with our data. Correcting that is the central problem in computing.

by Brian Christian 2020

4.34

5k+ ratings

🤖 Machine Learning Ethics ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔍 Interpretable Ai 🕹️ Reinforcement Learning 🧠 Neural Network History

Scary Smart

by Mo Gawdat • 2021

AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.

3.81

3k+

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Future Of Humanity 🌱 Beneficial Ai

Scary Smart

AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.

by Mo Gawdat 2021

3.81

3k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Future Of Humanity 🌱 Beneficial Ai

The Last Economy

by Emad Mostaque • 2025

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

4.23

326

🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 📊 Heterodox Economics

The Last Economy

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

by Emad Mostaque 2025

4.23

326 ratings

🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 📊 Heterodox Economics

Know Thyself

by Stephen M. Fleming • 2021

Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.

3.86

357

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🗣️ Social Cognition 🤔 Metacognition 🧮 Bayesian Brain 🔮 Predictive Processing

Know Thyself

Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.

by Stephen M. Fleming 2021

3.86

357 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🗣️ Social Cognition 🤔 Metacognition 🧮 Bayesian Brain 🔮 Predictive Processing

Possible Minds

by John Brockman • 2019

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

3.77

837

🤖 Ai Ethics 🔄 Cybernetics 🤝 Human-Ai Interaction ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🌌 Technological Singularity

Possible Minds

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

by John Brockman 2019

3.77

837 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 🔄 Cybernetics 🤝 Human-Ai Interaction ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🌌 Technological Singularity

Surviving AI

by Calum Chace • 2015

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

3.88

608

☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work 💰 Universal Basic Income

Surviving AI

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

by Calum Chace 2015

3.88

608 ratings

☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work 💰 Universal Basic Income

What to Think About Machines That Think

by John Brockman • 2015

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

3.37

571

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📚 Essay Collections 🌍 Existential Risk

What to Think About Machines That Think

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

by John Brockman 2015

3.37

571 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📚 Essay Collections 🌍 Existential Risk

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology

by Edward H. Spence • 2021

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

4.50

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 👀 Attention Economy 🏢 Big Tech Critique ⚖️ Tech Regulation

Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology

We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.

by Edward H. Spence 2021

4.50

2 ratings

🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🤖 Ai Ethics 👀 Attention Economy 🏢 Big Tech Critique ⚖️ Tech Regulation

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

by Andrew Leigh • 2021

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

3.81

💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion 📢 Populism 🧘 Modern Stoicism

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

by Andrew Leigh 2021

3.81

53 ratings

💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion 📢 Populism 🧘 Modern Stoicism

Rationality

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2015

Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.

4.32

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🛠️ Debiasing 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Instrumental Rationality 🗺️ Mental Models

Rationality

Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015

4.32

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🛠️ Debiasing 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Instrumental Rationality 🗺️ Mental Models

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