The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book in its broad coverage of machine learning

and its application to artificial intelligence. But it's written in a much more
how-to- or cookbook-style approach than that book. It's sort of like, if you want
to do this, this is how you do it; if you want to do that, this is how you do that.

It's also written in a very logical order that closely mimics the process, key
considerations and trade-offs that data scientists and machine learning engineers
follow when working on machine learning projects, end to end. It's somewhat unique
in that respect. And it's written by Andrew Ng, who's obviously at the forefront.

neural networks and deep learning ai booksNeural Networks and Deep Learning by
Michael Nielson

A free online book that’s very easy to read and understand, specifically about
neural networks and deep learning. It includes a lot of helpful images,
visualization and even some videos. And I really like the author's writing style
and voice.

I do a lot of speaking engagements and training workshops and I often get the
question: I’m trying to get into AI or machine learning; what do you recommend for
me? And unfortunately there's not really a one-size-fits-all answer because it
really depends on people's learning styles. Some people like videos, some people
like podcasts and some people learn better hands-on or reading a book. But I’m a
book guy — the one-stop-shop organization and depth of focus. It's hard to piece
together that much knowledge and information, just scouring the web for like
articles.

And I really like how Nielson (pictured upper left) writes. I even pinged him once,
when I first read it a long time ago, just to tell him that I love the casual
writing style.

Note: Garrett Smith and Alex Castrounis also recommended The Master Algorithm. Read
their thoughts here and here. And Castrounis also recommended Deep Learning. Read
his thoughts on the book here.

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