Christopher Mims’s new book, How to AI: Cut Through the Hype. Master the Basics. Transform Your Work stands out among the many AI books flooding the market.
Mims’s background and track record as a Wall Street Journal reporter covering technological advances give him the hype-resistance and, at least as important, the perspective to write about AI. You have to like any writer whose bio says he has covered “bidets, brain implants, the cult of the founder, the history of technology, innovation, venture capital, robotics, batteries, energy, materials science, wireless communications, AI, data science, telepresence, microchips, logistics, IT, 3D printing, and autonomous boats, trucks, cars, drones, and flying taxis.”
He is also an engaging writer. As we grow older, we have less tolerance for books that read like abstract Ph.D. theses (including AI for Lawyers, among others). Mims, blessedly, focuses on stories about real people doing real things.
Highly recommended.
Purchase Information
Christopher Mims, How to AI: Cut Through the Hype. Master the Basics. Transform Your Work. (Crown Currency 2026). Available from Bookshop.org (supports independent booksellers), Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.