If you want to have a clear grasp of the AI/AGI challenge, "SuperIntelligence" by Oxford philosopher/mathematician Nick Bostrom is a must. https://www.amazon.co

If you want to have a clear grasp of the AI/AGI challenge, "SuperIntelligence" by Oxford philosopher/mathematician Nick Bostrom is a must. https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/0199678111 https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Superintelligence-Dangers-S... Now if you have a bit of a math/engineering background and want to understand how modern AI really works, the two best books/shortcuts to go from beginner to expert are: - Ian Goodfellow's "Deep Learning" http://www.deeplearningbook.org/ http://www.deeplearningbook.org/ - Richard Sutton's "Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction" http://incompleteideas.net/sutton/book/ http://incompleteideas.net/sutton/book/