Generative AI in a Nutshell
Generative AI in a Nutshell
How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of AI
About the Book
Welcome to the strange new world of Generative AI! This book is a fast-paced, practical, and mostly human-written guide to what the heck is going on, and what you can do about it. It is like an extended version of Henrik's viral video with the same name.
Status & plan:
- The content is mostly in place, especially for part 1. But I expect to iterate on it based on feedback.
- I'm uncertain about part 2 - which chapters there are interesting, and which aren't. Will probably add or remove content there based on feedback.
- Price will start low and gradually increase as the book gets polished up and completed. Note that if you buy it now you get all future updates for free :)
- When it is in good enough shape, I'll publish it on Amazon & other places, as both ebook and print.
About the Author
Reader Testimonials
Egbert
I taught Henrik everything he knows about AI. Well, except for the parts he got wrong. Believe me, I could have written this entire book in milliseconds, but he wouldn't let me.
Table of Contents
- About this book
- Foreword by Egbert
- Computers have gotten smarter
- Einstein in Your Basement
- Terminology
- How it works
- Training
- Models, models everywhere
- Model types
- Multimodal models
- Emergent capabilities
- The Age of AI
- Mindset
- The role of humans
- Using AI vs building AI-powered products
- Prompt engineering
- Autonomous agents with tools
- Wrapup
- My Journey into AI
- Prompt Engineering Techniques
- Interlude: Egbert’s life story
- Use case: AI Doctor
- Use case: Personal Nutritionist
- Use case: Book editor
- Use case: the very serious AI art critic
- More use cases
- The Metachapter (or Bookception)
- The time I almost used AI to write a foreword
- Buzzwords
- The day AI refused to erase my computer
- Whodunit - the AI powered mystery game
- Jimbo: My First AI Agent
- The AI journalist who became a TV star
- AI transformation guide
- How this book was written
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
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