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Every book Frank Chen recommended on podcasts

Guest on a16z Podcast · 3 books · 2 episodes across 1 podcast

Frank Chen appeared on the a16z Podcast to discuss artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the future of work. He recommended Jerry Kaplan's book Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know as a valuable resource for general audiences seeking to understand the technology. In a later episode, Frank raised Paul R. Daugherty and H. James Wilson's book Human + Machine, asking about its concept of the missing middle where the most exciting collaboration between human-only and machine-only activities takes place. Additionally, Frank recalled Robert Fulghum's popular 1980s book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, citing its core advice about empathy, sharing, playing fair, and cleaning up one's own mess as enduring lessons.

Books recommended by Frank Chen

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  1. Artificial Intelligence

    Jerry Kaplan · Recommended · 1 episode

    Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jerry Kaplan is an accessible introduction to the fundamentals and societal impacts of machine intelligence.

    Recommended
    “And the book uh this is the not-so-shameless plug that I'd recommend for a general audience is a book called Artificial Intelligence What Everyone Needs to Know. It's written by Jerry Kaplan”
    a16z Podcast a16z Podcast: Machine Intelligence, from University to Industry 2017-01-11 Listen at 22:52
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

    Robert Fulghum · Discussed · 1 episode

    All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum is a classic collection of essays that distills deep life wisdom into simple, foundational moral truths.

    Discussed
    “On the other hand, I remember the book was popular here in the states in the '80s called All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. The advice that came out of the book was share everything, play fair, don't hit people, clean up your own mess.”
    a16z Podcast a16z Podcast: Automation + Work, Human + Machine 2018-11-05 Listen at 27:57
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  3. Human + Machine

    Paul R. Daugherty; H. James Wilson · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “Paul, in your book this idea of sort of there's a missing middle, right? There's sort of human-only activity, and then there's sort of machine-only activity, and then like most of the excitement is sort of kind of right in the middle there.”
    a16z Podcast a16z Podcast: Automation + Work, Human + Machine 2018-11-05 Listen at 8:45
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
a16z Podcast: Automation + Work, Human + Machinea16z Podcast2018-11-052
a16z Podcast: Machine Intelligence, from University to Industrya16z Podcast2017-01-111