Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2025-10-23
Lenny Rachitsky & Chip Huyen: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast
Al Engineering 101 with Chip Huyen (Nvidia, Stanford, Netflix)
Chip Huyen is a core developer on Nvidia’s Nemo platform, a former AI researcher at Netflix, and taught machine learning at Stanford. She’s a two-time founder and the author of two widely read books on AI, including AI Engineering, which has been the most-read book on the O’Reilly platform since its launch.
Lenny Rachitsky discussed AI Engineering by Chip Huyen. Chip Huyen recommended The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and From Third World to First by Lee Kuan Yew.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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AI Engineering
Discussed“One thing that I wanted to help people understand, you you wrote this book called AI engineering, which is essentially helping people understand this new genre of engineer. And you have this really simple way of thinking about the difference between an ML engineer and an AI engineer”
Where to get it
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The Selfish Gene
Recommended“So one thing is a selfish gene that's like understand uh it actually changed uh it actually helped me with the question like whether I want to have kids or not.”
Where to get it
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From Third World to First
Recommended“I know like Limi Guango I'm not so sure what's the title it but like he did so he was the one who led Singapore from uh he changed uh Singapore from a third country to a forceful country within 25 years”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing AI Engineering
“She's also a two-time founder and the author of two of the most popular books in the world of AI, including her most recent book called AI Engineering, which has been the most read book on the O'Reilly platform since its launch.”