AI Book Club

A book club, est. 2021 · everyone's welcome

Reading our way through the AI revolution.

We read one AI/ML book every month, talk it over on Discord at whatever pace life allows, and when we finish — we sit down with the author. Bring your curiosity; we'll bring the reading list.

16+author chats
Onebook a month
2021reading since
Freeforever
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Now reading: September 2026

Read along at your own pace
Manning Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback
AI / ML · September 2026

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback: Alignment and post-training of LLMs

Nathan Lambert’s practical guide to RLHF and LLM post-training — reward models, policy gradients, DPO, and how preference data is collected and used.

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The archive: meet the authors

Every book ends with a conversation

Every book we finish, we invite the author over for a live Q&A. Here are the recordings — we're endlessly grateful to these generous, brilliant people.

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How it works

Zero pressure, maximum curiosity
i.

Pick a book

Each month the club settles on one AI/ML or data engineering book. Our sponsors often provide free e-books.

ii.

Read & discuss

We talk it over chapter by chapter on Discord — asynchronously, on your own schedule, from anywhere.

iii.

Meet the author

When we finish, we host a live conversation with the author. Ask them anything — literally.

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”

Kurt Vonnegut

Come read with us.

Whether it's your first model or your hundredth, there's a seat at the table. Join the Discord and say hello — we're glad you're here.

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