dedication
To my wife and three boys: Thank you for feigning credulity every time I said,
Praise for Sutskever’s List
If you want to learn where today’s methods came from, what motivated them, and how a relatively small set of ideas helped define the trajectory of the field, this is an excellent place to begin.
—From the Foreword by Sebastian Raschka author of Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)
Provides a clear, concise and well-contextualized overview of the most important breakthroughs in AI research since the 1990s. It’s a highly enjoyable read, with the author weaving the personalities of Sutskever and his peers into the broader narrative.
—Nico Smuts, Data Science Executive
The author refuses to treat Sutskever’s List as what it superficially appears to be—just a reading list, a paper after a paper that you have to treat in isolation. Instead, the author reconstructs it as a carefully argued intellectual journey.
—Francisco Perez-Sorrosal, independent AI Engineer and Advisor
The book is instrumental in forming a mental picture of the main ideas that shaped today’s achievements in AI and their interplay.
—Stefano Lottini, Software Engineer
The author has an exquisitely deep, detailed, and nuanced knowledge of the subject area.
—Wendy Langer, Good Stuff! Tutoring