Bonus Resources

Thank you for reading Minds We Create. This page collects additional material to deepen your exploration of the ideas in the book.

Further Reading

A curated reading list organised by chapter theme:

• AI Safety: Superintelligence (Bostrom), Human Compatible (Russell)
• AI Alignment: The Alignment Problem (Brian Christian)
• AI Governance: The Coming Wave (Suleyman), Atlas of AI (Crawford)
• Philosophy of Mind: Gödel, Escher, Bach (Hofstadter), I Am a Strange Loop
• Historical Analogies: Command and Control (Eric Schlosser)

Key Concepts Glossary

A plain-language glossary of the key terms used throughout the book. Coming soon — this section will be expanded as the book launches.

Discussion Questions

For book clubs, university courses, or personal reflection:

• What does the Stanislav Petrov story reveal about human judgement under pressure?
• Is it possible to fully specify human values in code?
• Should AI systems have legal rights? Under what conditions?
• What would democratic oversight of AI actually look like?
• How does the Frances Kelsey story parallel modern AI regulation challenges?
• Were the Luddites right about technology? What did they actually want?

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