๐ 6 Books mentioned in "Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #144" of Lex Fridman Podcast

Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast
Episode: Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #144
Published on December 13, 2020
Hereโs a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

Exhalation
Buy Exhalation by Ted Chiang on Amazon
So one sci-fi book to recommend is exhalations by ted chang a bunch of short stories
Michael Littman recommends this sci-fi book (a collection of short stories) by Ted Chiang.

Reinforcement Learning
Buy Reinforcement Learning by Rich Sutton on Amazon
i mean that's really surprising to me when i first read that and then enriched rich sutton's book on the matter
Lex Fridman mentions reading Rich Sutton's book about reinforcement learning algorithms.

Stuart's Fancy Drinks and How to Mix Them
Buy Stuart's Fancy Drinks and How to Mix Them by Thomas Stuart on Amazon
I think I think stewart's book did a remarkably good job like a just a celebratory good job at describing ai technology and sort of how it works
Michael Littman praises Stuart Russell's book for its description of AI technology.

Superintelligence
Buy Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom on Amazon
so so as as i understand it that uh for example i read boston's book and a bunch of other reading material about this sort of general way of thinking about the world
Michael Littman mentions reading 'Boston's book' as part of understanding the superintelligence argument.

The Alignment Problem
Buy The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian on Amazon
currently i'm i'm reading uh the alignment problem actually by brian christian so i don't know if you've seen this out there yet
Michael Littman mentions currently reading this book by Brian Christian.

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Buy The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams on Amazon
so i when i turned 42 you may know from that's a that is a book i read um the the historical hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy that that is the meaning of life
Michael Littman references this book in the context of the number 42 and the meaning of life.