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Genius Makers

The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the Rest of the World
Book • 2021
In 'Genius Makers,' Cade Metz provides an inside story of how AI evolved from a fringe enthusiasm to a transformative technology.

The book chronicles the lives of mavericks, eccentrics, and geniuses, particularly Geoffrey Hinton, who played a critical role in developing deep learning.

Metz explains the technology in an accessible way, highlighting the industrial and academic rivalries, and the vast fortunes and intense conflicts that arose as AI became big business.

The book also explores the future implications of AI on human society, including issues of privacy, security, bias, and prejudice.

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