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Common Book: The Coming Wave

Mustafa Suleyman's "The Coming Wave" is VCU's 2025 Common Book.

Resources to learn the basics about Artificial Intelligence

VCU Libraries LibGuide on Generative AI
A librarian-created guide about Generative AI with links to tools and resources.
VCU AI Guidebook
Links to AI courses and programs, tools, and guidelines at VCU.
Ithaka's Generative AI Product Tracker
This product tracker categorizes Generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Mircrosoft Copilot, Claude, and many others) and provides information, pros and cons, and links to the tools.
Center for AI Safety
Concerned about AI's impact on society? The Center for AI Safety is a non-profit dedicated to researching and building pathways into AI safety.

Books about Generative AI

Generative AI for Dummies by Pam Baker
ISBN: 9781394270750

Publication Date: 2024-09-09

Generative AI For Dummies is your roadmap to using the world of artificial intelligence to enhance your personal and professional lives. This book offers an easy-to-follow overview of the capabilities of generative AI and how to incorporate them into any job. It's perfect for anyone who wants to add AI know-how into their work.
As If Human by Nigel Shadbolt; Roger Hampson
ISBN: 9780300268294

Publication Date: 2024-05-14

A new approach to the challenges surrounding artificial intelligence that argues for assessing AI actions as if they came from a human being
Ethics in Artificial Intelligence: Bias, Fairness and Beyond by Animesh Mukherjee (Editor); Juhi Kulshrestha (Editor); Abhijnan Chakraborty (Editor); Srijan Kumar (Editor)
ISBN: 9789819971831

Publication Date: 2024-01-03

This book is a collection of chapters in the newly developing area of ethics in artificial intelligence. The book comprises chapters written by leading experts in this area which makes it a one of its kind collections. The book touches upon all the important concepts in this area including bias, discrimination, fairness, and interpretability.
Faik by Perry Carpenter
ISBN: 9781394299898

Publication Date: 2024-08-20

Learn to navigate a world of deepfakes, phishing attacks, and other cybersecurity threats emanating from generative artificial intelligence