The Eureka Machine

“Richard Socher built modern AI. Now he’s written the book that explains where it’s taking us.” —Steven Kotler, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Impossible

“In the long run, AI will transform our lives by accelerating science. This is our Eureka Machine, and how it works is brightly presented in this readable book by Richard Socher. There is a lot being written about AI, but this is the first book dedicated to showing how AI makes science better.” —Kevin Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of The Inevitable

“Many books predict that AI will enable amazing discoveries in science and medicine. The Eureka Machine is the first clear exposition of how AI will not only facilitate discoveries in scientific fields but will make discoveries in the way we make them, improving the scientific method itself.” —Peter Norvig, coauthor of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach

“The Eureka Machine is a clear-eyed look at how AI is shaping the future of science. It has already advanced the field in many ways, but as Richard Socher shows, the biggest changes are still to come. A fully realized AI system, such as Socher imagines, would be able to see blind spots and pose questions that would never occur to humans alone—and in the process, would open up new frontiers for science and knowledge.” —Tobias Dengel, Wall Street Journal bestselling coauthor of The Sound of the Future

“Richard Socher makes a compelling case that AI isn’t just another tool for scientists but a fundamentally new way of doing science, one that will keep evolving and improving. His optimism is infectious, making superintelligence something to look forward to, not fear.” —Andrew Hessel, coauthor of The Genesis Machine

“Richard Socher is one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence. His work in deep learning and natural language processing helped lay the foundation for today’s Agentic Revolution. In The Eureka Machine, Socher offers a powerful vision for how AI can transform the scientific process itself, accelerating discovery and unlocking breakthroughs that can improve lives around the world.” —Marc Benioff, chair, CEO, and cofounder, Salesforce

“The Eureka Machine is a compelling read. Standing against the swirling money of AI, Richard Socher offers something rarer: a scientist’s heartfelt and inspiring case for how AI can free science from its current sclerosis and open a new era of discovery that improves people’s lives.” —Christopher Manning, professor of machine learning, Stanford University