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Books & learning about AI & data

Every link here is both Books & learning and about ai & data.

Hall of Fame
10
Candidates
17
Median span
7.2 yrs

observed on HN

First seen
2007

oldest HN appearance

Strongest Hall records

10 items

Recently resurfaced

latest 20+ point return
The Illustrated Transformer
jalammar.github.io 10 submissions · 10 people · 7.5 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2025-12-22
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
475max pts
Probabilistic Models of Cognition
probmods.org 12 submissions · 11 people · 11.4 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2022-03-08
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
173max pts
Machine Learning Crash Course
developers.google.com 7 submissions · 7 people · 6.7 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2021-08-26
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
1926max pts
Transformers from Scratch
e2eml.school 7 submissions · 7 people · 3.7 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2023-04-25
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
644max pts
The Illustrated Word2vec
jalammar.github.io 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2024-04-18
Needs:5 submissions
348max pts
Physics-Based Deep Learning Book
physicsbaseddeeplearning.org 3 submissions · 2 people · 2.8 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2024-07-11
Needs:5 submissions3 submitters3 active years
333max pts