Strong upvote, I appreciate the inside-view context that you have from publishing a similar book. I bought it as a result of this review.
I cannot, alas, promise a side-by-side review. However, there are a couple of questions I am primed to look for, foremost among them right now: how much detail is invested in identifying the target audience? The impression I am getting so far is that it has been approximately defined as not us, but a lot of complaints seem to turn on this question. I see a lot of discussion about laymen but that’s an information level, not a target audience. I don’t know if I have seen much discussion of the target audiences at all outside of the AI policy area, come to think of it.
I can’t speak to exactly who IABIED was targeting, but I spent a lot of effort to make it as accessible as possible to someone who (a) would read a non-fiction book about AI, but (b) have no background in science (this includes many people with influence). The logic being that one might lose non-science people if written more towards science people but unlikely to lose science people if written generally but engagingly.
Strong upvote, I appreciate the inside-view context that you have from publishing a similar book. I bought it as a result of this review.
I cannot, alas, promise a side-by-side review. However, there are a couple of questions I am primed to look for, foremost among them right now: how much detail is invested in identifying the target audience? The impression I am getting so far is that it has been approximately defined as not us, but a lot of complaints seem to turn on this question. I see a lot of discussion about laymen but that’s an information level, not a target audience. I don’t know if I have seen much discussion of the target audiences at all outside of the AI policy area, come to think of it.
Great, look forward to hearing what you think.
I can’t speak to exactly who IABIED was targeting, but I spent a lot of effort to make it as accessible as possible to someone who (a) would read a non-fiction book about AI, but (b) have no background in science (this includes many people with influence). The logic being that one might lose non-science people if written more towards science people but unlikely to lose science people if written generally but engagingly.