Genius Makers
by Cade Metz
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Oct 2025 on Acquired.
The general take
David Rosenthal thinks Genius Makers is a great book that does a solid job covering the history of AI talent and development in the field, based on Cade Metz's reporting.
About
"This colorful page-turner puts artificial intelligence into a human perspective. Through the lives of Geoff Hinton and other major players, Metz explains this transformative technology and makes the quest thrilling." —Walter Isaacson, author of The Code Breaker Recipient of starred reviews in both Kirkus and Library Journal THE UNTOLD TECH STORY OF OUR TIME What does it mean to be smart? To be human? What do we really want from life and the intelligence we have, or might create? With deep and exclusive reporting, across hundreds of interviews, New York Times Silicon Valley journalist Cade Metz brings you into the rooms where these questions are being answered. Where an extraordinarily powerful new artificial intelligence has been built into our biggest companies, our social discourse, and our daily lives, with few of us even noticing.
Who said what
David Rosenthal👍 Recommends
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“Cade Metz right for Genius Makers great book covering the history of AI talent and development in the field.”
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