AI guides
Plain-English, practitioner-written guides to understanding AI, prompting well, and putting it to work safely in your business and career.
Foundations
What is generative AI? A plain-English guide for beginners
A practical introduction to generative AI: how it works, what it does well, where it fails and how to use it.
9 min readFoundationsHow large language models work: tokens, training and sampling
Understand what happens inside a chat assistant, from tokens and training to sampling, context windows and why models hallucinate.
9 min readFoundationsAI glossary: 90 essential artificial intelligence terms explained
Plain-English definitions of about 90 essential AI terms, from agents and embeddings to tokens and zero-shot prompting.
17 min readPrompting
Business
AI for small business: 20 practical use cases and how to start
Twenty practical AI use cases for small businesses, how to choose your first two pilots, and a simple way to estimate return.
9 min readBusinessBuilding AI automation workflows without writing code
Learn the building blocks of no-code AI workflows, follow six step-by-step examples, and test and monitor them safely.
8 min readBuild
AI agents explained: how they work and when to use them
A plain-language explanation of AI agents, their real strengths and risks, and how to decide whether a task suits one.
8 min readBuildRAG explained: retrieval-augmented generation in plain language
A clear walkthrough of how RAG lets AI answer from your own documents, where it breaks, and how to test it.
8 min readBuildHow to choose an AI model: a practical decision framework
A step-by-step framework for picking an AI model based on task fit, cost, latency, privacy and your own evaluation results.
8 min readCreative
Safety
AI privacy and security checklist for teams using AI tools
A step-by-step checklist for using AI tools at work without leaking data, inviting attacks or losing control of outputs.
9 min readSafetyAI content and copyright basics for creators and businesses
A careful, plain-language overview of copyright questions around AI-generated content, with a practical checklist to run before you publish.
8 min readCareers
Realistic, ethical ways to make money with AI skills
Seven realistic ways to earn with AI skills, with who pays, what it takes and how to win your first client.
9 min readCareersAI career skills roadmap: from literacy to building
A staged roadmap for building AI skills, from everyday literacy to automation and engineering, with a 90-day plan.
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