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2025-01-05 · 135 points · 110 comments · 6 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 2Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

    Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

    Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto

    2 here · 13 all-time · #505 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 641 ratings on Amazon
  2. 1

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson

    1 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline

    1 here · 69 all-time · #52 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 155,485 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1The Water Knife

    The Water Knife

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    1 here · 9 all-time · #729 overall

  5. 1Life 3.0

    Life 3.0

    Max Tegmark

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1342 overall

  6. 1A Brief History of Intelligence

    A Brief History of Intelligence

    Michael Hanlon

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2378 overall