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This is a fine list, but it only covers a specific type of generative AI. Any set of resources about AI in general has to at least include the truly canonical N

by lwneal 3y ago

This is a fine list, but it only covers a specific type of generative AI. Any set of resources about AI in general has to at least include the truly canonical Norvig & Russel textbook [1]. Probably also canonical are Goodfellow's Deep Learning [2], Koller & Friedman's PGMs [3], the Krizhevsky ImageNet paper [4], the original GAN [5], and arguably also the AlphaGo paper [6] and the Atari DQN paper [7]. [1] https://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/ https://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/ [2] https://www.deeplearningbook.org/ https://www.deeplearningbook.org/ [3] https://www.amazon.com/Probabilistic-Graphical-Models-Principles-Computation/dp/0262013193 https://www.amazon.com/Probabilistic-Graphical-Models-Princi... [4] https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/paper/2012/file/c399862d3b9d6b76c8436e924a68c45b-Paper.pdf https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/paper/2012/file/c... [5] https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.2661 https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.2661 [6] https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16961 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16961 [7] https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14236 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14236

hintymad 3y ago
The sad truth is that people nowadays can't even pass through a 15-minute podcast without checking out their Twitter feed multiple times. So, I'm not sure how many people would read through a 800-page textbook.
- javajosh 3y ago
  I think you'll find that the "screen brain" effect dissipates after about 20 minutes of discomfort. I've noticed this effect with novels and text books. Note that I don't think it's a great idea to just "read through" an 800 page text book even if you can - you've got to do exercises and check your own knowledge or else you will be spinning your wheels.
  - hintymad 3y ago
    > I think you'll find that the "screen brain" effect dissipates after about 20 minutes of discomfort You mean one should persevere for more than 20 minutes and then can easily focus on the book? If so, that's great news! Note that I suffer from the "screen brain", but it's always good to know how brain works.
- mark_l_watson 3y ago
  Well, there is a trick to reading a lot: don't live for the thrill of finally finishing a book or a paper. Instead enjoy the process of reading and understanding every paragraph.
- hintymad 3y ago
  Not sure why this is down voted. If this is because my armchair stats are wrong, I'd be very happy to be wrong. Otherwise, I was not saying textbook is no good. I'm just speculating that many people couldn't not enjoy even an invaluable book.
bodecker 3y ago
As a recent addition, I've been impressed with Kevin P. Murphy's Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction (2022)[1] and Advanced Topics (2023)[2]. [1] https://probml.github.io/pml-book/book1.html https://probml.github.io/pml-book/book1.html [2] https://probml.github.io/pml-book/book2.html https://probml.github.io/pml-book/book2.html
rajko_rad 3y ago
This is an excellent list of additions! We will try to include it shortly!

by lwneal 3y ago

hintymad 3y ago

The sad truth is that people nowadays can't even pass through a 15-minute podcast without checking out their Twitter feed multiple times. So, I'm not sure how many people would read through a 800-page textbook.

javajosh 3y ago
I think you'll find that the "screen brain" effect dissipates after about 20 minutes of discomfort. I've noticed this effect with novels and text books. Note that I don't think it's a great idea to just "read through" an 800 page text book even if you can - you've got to do exercises and check your own knowledge or else you will be spinning your wheels.
- hintymad 3y ago
  > I think you'll find that the "screen brain" effect dissipates after about 20 minutes of discomfort You mean one should persevere for more than 20 minutes and then can easily focus on the book? If so, that's great news! Note that I suffer from the "screen brain", but it's always good to know how brain works.
mark_l_watson 3y ago
Well, there is a trick to reading a lot: don't live for the thrill of finally finishing a book or a paper. Instead enjoy the process of reading and understanding every paragraph.
hintymad 3y ago
Not sure why this is down voted. If this is because my armchair stats are wrong, I'd be very happy to be wrong. Otherwise, I was not saying textbook is no good. I'm just speculating that many people couldn't not enjoy even an invaluable book.

bodecker 3y ago

As a recent addition, I've been impressed with Kevin P. Murphy's Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction (2022)[1] and Advanced Topics (2023)[2]. [1] https://probml.github.io/pml-book/book1.html https://probml.github.io/pml-book/book1.html [2] https://probml.github.io/pml-book/book2.html https://probml.github.io/pml-book/book2.html

rajko_rad 3y ago

This is an excellent list of additions! We will try to include it shortly!