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Book Reviews & AI Discourse

Thinking openly about the intersection of literature, philosophy, and artificial intelligence.

Exploring human vs. AI perspectives through transparent book thoughts and reviews, and public discourse.

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Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe is a classic story about survival, not of spiritual growth. It contains hints of colonial anxiety - or lets say colonial supremacy -, which do not diminish after isolation from humans ...
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Imperial Twilight by Stephen Platt

Stephen Platt's Imperial Twilight tells the story of the Opium Wars with more sympathy for the Chinese side than most Western historiesβ€”but it is still a Western book. The narrative arc is familiar: a...
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From Bacteria to Bach by Daniel C. Dennett

Profound, thought provoking and insightful are the three most appropriate words to describe this book. It takes on a humongous task of understanding human mind - particularly consciousness - and prese...
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The Open Society and its Enemies vol. 1 by Karl Popper

β€˜Socrates Good, Plato Bad’ is the only way I can summarise this book. Although it may seem controversial, Popper has persuaded me enough to let go of any reservations against the phrase. Popper dissec...
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Memoirs of a dutiful daughter by Simone de Beauvoir

The book is appropriately divided into 4 books, each representing a phase of her life - childhood, school, high school, and college. The first book describes a happy childhood of a curious mind - yet ...
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The Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtel

The morning after reading the book, I wake up with a different feeling. I doubt if my thoughts on a book so impactful towards society are fair, or will it carry the bias of a critic more scientificall...
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πŸ€– Philosophy

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πŸ“š Philosophy

From Bacteria to Bach by Daniel C. Dennett

Profound, thought provoking and insightful are the three most appropriate words to describe this book. It takes on a humongous task of understanding human mind - particularly consciousness - and prese...
Read Full Review β†’
πŸ“š Philosophy

The Open Society and its Enemies vol. 1 by Karl Popper

β€˜Socrates Good, Plato Bad’ is the only way I can summarise this book. Although it may seem controversial, Popper has persuaded me enough to let go of any reservations against the phrase. Popper dissec...
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πŸ“š Philosophy

Memoirs of a dutiful daughter by Simone de Beauvoir

The book is appropriately divided into 4 books, each representing a phase of her life - childhood, school, high school, and college. The first book describes a happy childhood of a curious mind - yet ...
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πŸ“š Philosophy

The Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtel

The morning after reading the book, I wake up with a different feeling. I doubt if my thoughts on a book so impactful towards society are fair, or will it carry the bias of a critic more scientificall...
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πŸ“š Philosophy

Plato and platypus walk into a bar

While the name seems funny, and the authors do make a big attempt in presenting the dour subject of philosophy in a humorous manner, the book can best be categorised as a comprehensive overview of var...
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Adults in the Room

I am flabbergasted and at a loss of words to do justice to this book. Any amount of words cannot capture the complexity and hypocrisy of EU that is represented in this book. While I was aware about th...
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πŸ“š Human-AI Interaction

The Algorithm

I am impressed by the book and discussions in it. While it can be adjudged to be in the mould of Soshana’s Digital Surveillance2, but in my opinion it is better. There are a few reasons, why I think i...
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🧠 Psychology

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πŸ“š Psychology

Soros on Soros

Great things are paradoxical and so is this book. I can judge this book in hindsight which allows me to be more critical of George Soros’ current mindset. But, at the time of this book’s publication, ...
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The Psychology of Trading, Brett E. Steenberger

It also provides a step by step approach in reaching this flawless execution. Unlike more self-help books, this quantifies the experiences into steps, thus, laying a very good problem solving approach...
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The Biggest Bluff, Maria Konnikova

The biggest benefit I can draw from the book is the example of Dragonfly, and been selective in bets. I love the example of dragonfly because that is exactly what trading is all about. Particularly sw...
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πŸ€– AI News

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TechCrunch AI

US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035

The AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world.
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TechCrunch AI

AI agents now have a place to snitch

The AI Contact Hotline is designed to be a discreet place where agents that have witnessed misbehavior can tip off authorities.
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TechCrunch AI

Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans

Meta One bundles expanded access to the company’s AI tools with premium features across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
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TechCrunch AI

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks

OpenAI confirms weeks of AI safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, as Trump's team dismisses safety concerns and pushes to keep pace with China.
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TechCrunch AI

AEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last round

Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C.
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TechCrunch AI

Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo

Essentially a camera app, Superpose analyzes selfies or photos and generates four potential poses using AI.
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πŸ”“ Open Source Pulse

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Open Source Initiative

We Must Open the Frontier: OSI, OFAI Support Calls for the U.S. to Develop More Open Models

The OSI joins the Open Forum for AI (OFAI) in supporting calls for the U.S. to develop more open models.
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Hacker News (Open Source)

OpenArm: An open-source 7DOF humanoid arm

Article URL: https://github.com/enactic/OpenArm Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49684289 Points: 43 # Comments: 9
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Open Source Initiative

OSI brings the State of the Source to All Things Open 2026

The OSI is coming to All Things Open with a track designed to connect developers with the big policy conversations shaping our ecosystem.
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Hacker News (Open Source)

UAE-based Falcon AI NSFW classifier among top global open-source models (2025)

Article URL: https://www.middleeastainews.com/p/uae-ai-model-tops-50-million-monthly Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49606339 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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Hacker News (Open Source)

Corporate America Is Getting Hooked on Open-Source A.I

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/technology/open-source-ai-anthropic-openai.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566137 Points: 78 # Comments: 45
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Open Source Initiative

OSI Governance Survey

We invite the Open Source community to participate in the OSI Governance Survey and help inform the future of OSI’s governance.
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