The Best Articles in Artificial Intelligence
The most useful articles and videos in Artificial Intelligence from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Artificial Intelligence Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Artificial Intelligence by Refind users in 2023 so far.
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Marc Andreessen - AI, Crypto, 1000 Elon Musks, Regrets, Vulnerabilities, & Managerial Revolution
My podcast with the brilliant Marc Andreessen is out!We discuss:- how AI will revolutionize software- whether NFTs are useless, & whether he should be fundin...
AI pioneer calls to stop before it’s too late
Professor Stuart J. Russell warns that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity unless we can ensure that these systems remain aligned with human valu...
The Inside Story of ChatGPT’s Astonishing Potential
In a talk from the cutting edge of technology, OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman explores the underlying design principles of ChatGPT and demos some mind-blowin...
From the MIT GenAI Summit: A Crash Course in Generative AI
Join Ellie Pavlick, Brown University Professor and Google AI Researcher, for a crash course on generative AI. Presented at the 2023 MIT GenAI Summit
AI Will Kill Us. AI Will Save Us. HUH?
AI is here. ... Okay, now what?Sign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit: https://milanote.com/cleoabram Subscribe to support optimistic tech journalis...
What is ...?
New to Artificial Intelligence? These articles make an excellent introduction.
Free AI for Beginners Course
Microsoft has put together an AI course for beginners, consisting of a 12 week, 24 lesson curriculum, available for free to all.
An Introduction to AI and Economics
So far, the adoption rate of methods of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) has been quite uneven across the economics profession. The uptake of these methods has been heavily…
What is Neural Network? How does it understand things?
One of our great scientists, Stephen Hawking, said that “The development of full Artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human...
A beginner's guide to global artificial intelligence policy
Neural's long-running Begginer's Guide To Artificial Intelligence gets a modern update discussing policy and regulation around the globe.
«Putin, speaking to Russian students in 2017, said “whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.”»
How to ...?
How to Scale AI in Your Organization
Tech-savvy companies have started to adopt a new discipline: machine learning operations, or MLOps.
How to create space for ethics in AI
We can't wait for tech regulation and competition reform to ensure ethical AI. We need to move forward now.
Trending
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Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.
It’s no accident — the intertwining of religion and technology is centuries old.
2023 Innovator of the Year: As AI models are released into the wild, Sharon Li wants to…
Li’s research could prevent AI models from failing catastrophically when they encounter unfamiliar scenarios.
Is it possible to regulate artificial intelligence?
We are moving towards regulation of AI, but some experts maintain that it will never work.
DeepMind’s cofounder: Generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI.
“This is a profound moment in the history of technology,” says Mustafa Suleyman.
How Do We Meet the AI Moment?
Google whistleblower Blake Lemoine has strong opinions on the need to regulate AI, as well as to respect the rights of any sentience that emerges from it.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Artificial Intelligence—all under 10 minutes.
John Maeda on Creativity, AI, and the Human Pursuit of Uphill Thinking
John Maeda shares takeaways from this year’s Design In Tech Report, and why we should embrace uphill thinking in a world optimized for shortcuts.
Eric Schmidt: This is how AI will transform the way science gets done
Science is about to become much more exciting—and that will affect us all, argues Google's former CEO.
«Moving on to the experimentation step, AI will be able to conduct experiments faster, cheaper, and at greater scale. For example, we can build AI-powered machines with hundreds of micropipettes running day and night to create samples at a rate no human could match. Instead of limiting themselves to just six experiments, scientists can use AI tools to run a thousand.»
AI Prompt Engineering Isn’t the Future
Despite the buzz surrounding it, the prominence of prompt engineering may be fleeting. A more enduring and adaptable skill will keep enabling us to harness the potential of generative AI? It is called…
«So, what is a more enduring and adaptable skill that will keep enabling us to harness the potential of generative AI? It is problem formulation — the ability to identify, analyze, and delineate problems.»
Five ways AI might destroy the world: ‘Everyone on Earth could fall over dead in the same…
Artificial intelligence is already advancing at a worrying pace. What if we don’t slam on the brakes? Experts explain what keeps them up at night
I’m a rational optimist. Here’s why I don’t believe in an AI doomsday.
We live in interesting times. The systems of today are powerful. They can write, paint, direct, plan, code, and even write passable prose. And with this explosion of capabilities, we also have an…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Artificial Intelligence.
A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work
Want to really understand large language models? Here’s a gentle primer.
«ChatGPT is built on a neural network that was trained using billions of words of ordinary language.»
Why AI Will Save the World
There's a full-blown moral panic about AI right now. But the real risk is losing the race to global AI technological superiority.
«Historically, every new technology that matters, from electric lighting to automobiles to radio to the Internet, has sparked a moral panic»
AI Canon | Andreessen Horowitz
A curated list of resources we’ve relied on to get smarter about modern AI, including generative AI, LLMs, and transformer models.
«a curated list of resources we’ve relied on to get smarter about modern AI.»
AI Is a Lot of Work
How many humans does it take to make tech seem human? Millions.
«Each time Anna prompts Sparrow, it delivers two responses and she picks the best one, thereby creating something called “human-feedback data.”»
Emerging Architectures for LLM Applications
A reference architecture for the LLM app stack. It shows the most common systems, tools, and design patterns used by AI startups and tech companies.
Thought Leaders
We monitor hundreds of thought leaders, influencers, and newsletters in Artificial Intelligence, including:
Sam Altman
@OpenAI
Andrew Ng
Co-Founder of Coursera; Stanford CS adjunct faculty. Former head of Baidu AI Group/Google Brain. #ai #machinelearning, #deeplearning #MOOCs
Benedict Evans
Trying to work out what's going on, and what happens next. Mostly tech.
Demis Hassabis
Co-founder & CEO Google DeepMind - working on AGI. Trying to understand the fundamental nature of reality. Also revolutionising drug discovery @IsomorphicLabs

Kate Darling
Human-robot interaction, tech policy & ethics at MIT @medialab. she/her. Author of "The New Breed": http://rb.gy/uykksn
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