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Chip Huyen

AI engineer and ML systems educator

An AI engineer and computer scientist who developed ML tools at NVIDIA and taught machine learning systems at Stanford.

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Books Chip Huyen recommends, documented so far

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Computer Science Cognitive Science

The Society of Mind

by Marvin Minsky

Documented citation: Huyen includes this work among her favorite engineering books and provides a positive personal review in her own reader-facing list.

Personal engineering reading list. The Society of Mind is misspelled as Minds in the source; its canonical title is independently verified. Recommendations are separate from Huyen’s authored books.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Books that made me think (as an engineer)

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Chip Huyen · 2022-12-27 · accessed 2026-10-05

article · Personal favorite engineering books

Huyen includes this work among her favorite engineering books and provides a positive personal review in her own reader-facing list.

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Mathematics Technology

Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life

by John H. Miller, Scott E. Page

Documented citation: Huyen includes this work among her favorite engineering books and provides a positive personal review in her own reader-facing list.

Personal engineering reading list. The Society of Mind is misspelled as Minds in the source; its canonical title is independently verified. Recommendations are separate from Huyen’s authored books.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Books that made me think (as an engineer)

This source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.

Chip Huyen · 2022-12-27 · accessed 2026-10-05

article · Personal favorite engineering books

Huyen includes this work among her favorite engineering books and provides a positive personal review in her own reader-facing list.

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Mathematics Science Decision Making

How Not to Be Wrong

by Jordan Ellenberg · 2014

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Jordan Ellenberg · Mathematician and author

Documented citation: Huyen includes this work among her favorite engineering books and provides a positive personal review in her own reader-facing list.

Personal engineering reading list. The Society of Mind is misspelled as Minds in the source; its canonical title is independently verified. Recommendations are separate from Huyen’s authored books.

Documented citation · Recommended

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Books that made me think (as an engineer)

This source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.

Chip Huyen · 2022-12-27 · accessed 2026-10-05

article · Personal favorite engineering books

Huyen includes this work among her favorite engineering books and provides a positive personal review in her own reader-facing list.

Open source

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Design Technology

The Design of Everyday Things

by Don Norman

Documented citation: Huyen includes this work among her favorite engineering books and provides a positive personal review in her own reader-facing list.

Personal engineering reading list. The Society of Mind is misspelled as Minds in the source; its canonical title is independently verified. Recommendations are separate from Huyen’s authored books.

Documented citation · Recommended

Evidence details

Books that made me think (as an engineer)

This source documents the book relationship, but the displayed text is a catalog summary rather than a verbatim quote.

Chip Huyen · 2022-12-27 · accessed 2026-10-05

article · Personal favorite engineering books

Huyen includes this work among her favorite engineering books and provides a positive personal review in her own reader-facing list.

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AudibleRetailer link

AI Machine Learning Deep Learning Computer Science

Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)

by Sebastian Raschka · 2024

This is the guide you need!

Publisher-hosted attributed endorsement with explicit reader-facing instruction; the endorsement date is not given. Huyen is the recommender; Raschka is the author.

Exact quote verified · Recommended

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Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)

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Manning · undated publisher endorsement · accessed 2026-10-05

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