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//01 · start here

What even is AI?

Good question, and a hard one to ask out loud.

So: three short pieces, in order, each one making the next easier. No jargon you have to already know, every number with a source you can click, and where something is genuinely uncertain it says so.

Give me the short version →3 pieces · about 15 minutes
Rain on a dark window at night, a city out of focus far beyond it
//02 · the map

Everyone in AI, and what each one is actually for.

17 names - the labs, the tools, the ones you keep hearing in meetings - each in a sentence you could repeat out loud without hedging. Keep it open in a tab.

17 entries · updated as things moveOpen the map →
//03 · the explainers

Three questions people are too polite to ask.

5 minWhat even is AI?What AI actually is, underneath the word6 minIs this real?How to tell whether something was made by AI6 minChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok - what is the difference?Which one should you actually use
//04 · the archive

Everything written so far lives in the archive - 40 pieces, mostly for people who already build this stuff.

Open the archive →