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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 and Back 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 and Back 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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πŸ“š Philosophy

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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πŸ“š Psychology

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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The Verge AI

iPhone owners can now submit claims in Apple’s $250 million Siri AI settlement

Apple is paying $250 million to settle claims that it failed to deliver an AI-upgraded Siri - and now, eligible iPhone owners can submit a claim for a payout. If you live in the US and purchased an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone ...
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The Verge AI

Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI agent

Meta's Muse AI agent has been blocked from shopping Amazon on behalf of its users, GeekWire reports. A popup message started appearing on Sunday for Muse users saying that "continued access by an unauthorized AI agent vi...
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The Verge AI

Meta’s new One subscriptions put a price on social media and AI

Shortly after launching its new do-everything AI assistant Muse, Meta's launching subscription bundles that pair its standalone app subscriptions with extra AI usage. Some of the new Meta One bundles were in testing earl...
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The Verge AI

This doorbell camera lets a human security guard watch your front door

DIY home security company SimpliSafe is bringing its AI-powered proactive security feature to the front door. The new SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2 launches today for $199.99 and works with the company's Active Guar...
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The Verge AI

Jensen Huang puts Trump on speakerphone onstage to announce robots won’t take over the world

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a call from President Trump on Monday while onstage at the All-In Podcast's All-In Summit. It's not the first time Huang has taken a call from the president during work, but this time he put ...
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The Verge AI

This NAS company wants to run your local smart home

Ugreen, known for its phone power banks, chargers, and NAS storage solutions, is moving into the smart home - in a big way. This week at the IFA tech show, the company launched its HomeAgent smart home platform that comb...
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πŸ”“ Open Source Pulse

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Open Source Initiative

Linux’s 35th Anniversary and the Open Frontier

Members Newsletter – September 2026: Open Source is what it is because of the people who led us here, and keep us here. We all joined the community for different reasons, but many of us stayed because of the relationship...
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Open Source Initiative

Open Weights Are Good. Open Source Is Better.

With openness in AI making headlines, we must educate policymakers, producers, and users of these technologies about what open-weight and Open Source AI mean for the four software freedoms: the freedom to use, study, mod...
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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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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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