Book · recommended on 1 episode
The Culture novels
Iain Banks
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Iain Banks
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This book by Iain Banks came up once on Diary of a CEO in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Stuart Russell. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“It's called the Culture novels by Ian Banks. Highly recommended for those people who like science fiction.”— Stuart Russell
The guest here is Stuart Russell: UC Berkeley professor in his 40th year, author of the standard AI textbook 'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach', OBE recipient, and a Time most-influential voice in AI. He has spent over 50 years in AI and now focuses on building provably safe, controllable AI systems. AI pioneer Stuart Russell warns that the race to build superintelligence is a reckless gamble with human extinction.
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