This article showcases our top picks for the Best Books On AI For Beginners. We reached out to industry leaders and experts who have contributed the suggestions within this article (they have been credited for their contributions below).
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Real-World AI by Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger
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This book is best for every AI practitioner. It contains a great mix of stories of successes and mistakes for the reader to learn from. The book describes the risks of deploying AI in the real world across many categories: ethics, technical, precision, and recall, working with data scientists, keeping business focus, etc.
Life 3.0 – Being Human in the Age of AI by Max Tegmark
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The author explores the questions of how to prosper through automation without leaving people jobless, how to ensure that future AI systems work as intended without malfunctioning or getting hacked and how to flourish life with AI without eventually getting outsmarted by lethal autonomous machines..
Make Your Own Neural Network by Tariq Rashid
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This book is a step-by-step journey. It starts with very simple ideas and gradually builds up an understanding of how neural networks work. Using Python language, it encourages its readers to build their own neural networks. Readers are encouraged to create their own neural networks.
AI for Humans by Jeff Heaton
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This book helps its readers get an overview and understanding of AI algorithms. It is meant to teach AI for those who don’t have an extensive mathematical background. The readers need to have only a basic knowledge of computer programming and college algebra. The algorithms are explained using numeric calculations which the readers can perform themselves.
AI – A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell
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It is less technical and gives an overview of the various topics revolving around AI. The writing is simple and all concepts and explanations can be easily understood by the reader. The book also touches upon advanced AI topics without going too in-depth.
Machine Learning for Absolute Beginners by Oliver Theobald
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It explains the various theoretical and practical aspects of machine learning techniques in a very simple manner. It makes use of plain English to prevent beginners from being overwhelmed by technical jargons. It has clear and accessible explanations with visual examples for the various algorithms.