Rust Bookclub: Deep Learning

Last year, the Rust Readers Discord Discussion bookclub covered three Rust books at the pace of one chapter a week:

• Async Rust by Maxwell Flitton and Caroline Morton
• Rust Atomics and Locks by Mara Bos
• Write Powerful Rust Macros by Sam Van Overmeire

Of these three books, I think Rust Atomics and Locks is the best.  This book is available both in print and freely available from the author's website.  I recommend reading Rust Atomics and Locks prior to reading Async Rust to get the concepts in prerequisite order.

Based on the interests of the bookclub attendees, I think future books that we cover will focus on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), particularly Deep Learning and Generative AI (GenAI).  When I went looking for Rust books that covered these topics, I came across so much AI slop that I concluded that I needed to recommend something from a reputable publisher.  I received confirmation tonight of the publication of the Apress book Deep Learning with Rust: Mastering Efficient and Safe Neural Networks in the Rust Ecosystem by Mehrdad Maleki.

If you want to join us online via Discord for the discussion of Deep Learning with Rust (DLwR), please join the Dallas Rust User Meetup (DRUM) to receive event notices.  We will probably get started in mid-March.  We might go a bit slower with this book, maybe two chapters a month.