I like Peter Norvig's book "Paradigms of AI Programming," where you learn old fashioned symbolic AI with LISP and Prolog. Is it outdated? Absolutely, but it is a classic read.

Maybe a use case for new AI models could be creating more old fashioned expert systems written in LISP or Prolog that are easier for humans to audit. Everything tends to come back full circle.

https://www.amazon.com/Paradigms-Artificial-Intelligence-Pro...