A working knowledge base:
LEARN AI.
If a coworker just asked you what AI can actually do — start here. A plain-English glossary of the terms, topic hubs that group concepts together, and long-form articles on the things I build every day.
Topics:
START WITH A TOPIC.
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Agents
AI systems that take action — how agents work, when they're appropriate, and what infrastructure connects them to the real world.
18 terms · 7 articles
Topic
Automation
Workflow automation tools, platforms, and patterns for connecting AI to the software your business already runs.
19 terms · 3 articles
Topic
Foundations & Fundamentals
The fundamental concepts behind modern AI — what it is, how it works, and the safety and ethics topics every practitioner should understand.
14 terms · 0 articles
Topic
Models
The AI models that read, reason, and generate — what they are, how they work, and how to choose between them.
28 terms · 3 articles
Topic
Prompting
How you structure inputs to a model determines what you get back. Patterns, primitives, and security concerns for talking to LLMs.
9 terms · 1 article
Topic
Retrieval & RAG
How AI systems pull relevant information from your data instead of relying only on what the model memorized during training.
10 terms · 1 article
Glossary:
KEY TERMS.
Term
Agent
An AI system that can take actions — calling tools, making decisions, and completing multi-step tasks — rather than just answering questions.
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Agentic Workflow
A sequence of AI-driven steps where a model decides what to do next, rather than following a fixed script.
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Alignment
The effort to ensure AI systems pursue goals and produce outputs that are consistent with human intentions, values, and safety requirements.
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API
Application Programming Interface — a defined way for one piece of software to request data or actions from another, over the internet or within a system.
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API Key
A secret string passed with API requests to prove the caller is authorized — the primary authentication mechanism for most AI and automation services.
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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
A hypothetical AI system capable of performing any intellectual task a human can — flexibly, across domains, without being specifically designed for each one.
Long-form:
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