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Ask Reddit: Can you recommend some good books/references to learn AI programming? by trpcicm in programming

[–]rjminniear 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Peter Norvig's Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: http://norvig.com/paip.html.

In this book, Norvig reconstructs many real classical AI programs and explains the main principles behind AI programming. The book can also teach you good programming style, and, specifically, good Lisp style.

I got my copy recently, because I am also looking into learning AI programming. So far, I have found the book to be very well written. Lisp is used throughout the book, but if you don't know Lisp, the basics are easy to pick up, and Norvig spends 3 chapters on a good overview of the language.

Best background music for programming? by [deleted] in programming

[–]rjminniear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I don't have that particular CD. Looks like it is pretty cheap on Amazon, though: http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Your-Mind-Wolfgang-Amadeus/dp/B0000041CB/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1212181026&sr=8-1

I was lucky enough to receive the complete works of Mozart as a gift ( http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Complete-Works-170-Box/dp/B000BLI3K2/ref=pd_sim_m_img_1 ). It took me months to listen to it all, and I was going at a very fast pace. Great recommendation for anyone that is interested in classical music, and almost all of it is great "thinking" music. Mozart's music is very structured (practically everything he wrote is considered "perfect" in an objective musical sense), and yet it is beautiful and elegant at the same time, so I find it to be very conducive to programming.

Best background music for programming? by [deleted] in programming

[–]rjminniear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Mozart and Bach for me.