a field guide to AI concepts

under the story

Every AI concept has a story on the surface. These pages show what's underneath it.

Visual explainers for product managers and designers who haven't worked in AI. Each one follows a single concrete example from start to finish, and explains each new idea the moment it shows up.

Contents

2 pieces
  1. agents

    How an agent decides

    A trail-booking assistant picks the best hike, then finds out it's closed for wildfire. Follow the loop every agent runs, and why it should always show its work.

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  2. grounding

    Same question, two answers

    A sustainability lead asks an AI whether a forest carbon credit is safe. From memory it says yes. Given real fire data, it warns her. What changed was what it could see.

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