Ship a GitHub issue-triage agent from laptop PoC to production - one chapter at a time, fixing real failure modes with contracts, evals, and rollback plans. Built on Pydantic AI for engineers who already know how to ship software and need agents that behave the same way.
Artificial Intelligence is powered by neural networks.But how do neural networks actually learn?How do systems recognize faces, understand speech, generate text, and create images?Neural Networks and Architectures: A Comprehensive Guide for Students provides a complete learning pathway from fundamental concepts to state-of-the-art deep learning architectures.Inside this book, you will discover:✓ Biological inspiration behind neural networks✓ Mathematical foundations of deep learning✓ Perceptrons and Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs)✓ Forward Propagation and Backpropagation✓ Activation Functions and Regularization Techniques✓ Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)✓ Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), LSTM, and GRU✓ Autoencoders and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)✓ Transformer Architecture, BERT, and GPT✓ Optimization Algorithms and Model Training✓ Practical Projects using TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Keras✓ Ethical Considerations and Future Research DirectionsDesigned for students, educators, researchers, and AI enthusiasts, this book combines theory, mathematics, implementation, and applications into one comprehensive learning resource.Build a strong foundation in neural networks and prepare yourself for the future of Artificial Intelligence.
What happens when intelligent agents must negotiate, cooperate, compete, and learn simultaneously?Welcome to the advanced frontier of Artificial Intelligence.Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence (VOL-2) explores how modern AI systems make strategic decisions in environments filled with uncertainty, multiple objectives, competing interests, and dynamic interactions.Inside this volume, readers will discover:✓ Nash Q-Learning and Strategic Reinforcement Learning✓ Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL)✓ DQN, Actor-Critic, MADDPG, QMIX, and CTDE Frameworks✓ Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering✓ Decision Making Under Uncertainty✓ Social Choice Theory and Collective Intelligence✓ Game-Theoretic Machine Learning✓ Robotics, Cybersecurity, Economics, and Communication Networks✓ Evolutionary Game Theory and Learning Dynamics✓ Quantum Game Theory and Future AI Research✓ AI Safety, Alignment, and GovernanceFrom autonomous vehicles and intelligent robots to cybersecurity defense systems and large-scale AI simulations, this book provides the theoretical and practical foundations necessary to understand the future of strategic artificial intelligence.Whether you are a student, researcher, engineer, or AI professional, this volume offers a roadmap to some of the most exciting and influential areas of modern AI research.
What happens when intelligent machines must compete, cooperate, negotiate, and learn in the same environment?The answer lies at the intersection of Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence.From autonomous vehicles negotiating road traffic to trading algorithms competing in financial markets, from multi-robot coordination to cybersecurity defense systems, modern AI increasingly operates in strategic environments involving multiple decision-makers.This book provides a complete journey through:✓ Classical Game Theory and Nash Equilibrium✓ Multi-Agent Systems and Distributed Intelligence✓ Reinforcement Learning and Multi-Agent RL✓ Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms✓ Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering✓ AI Applications in Robotics, Economics, Networks, and Cybersecurity✓ Evolutionary and Quantum Game Theory✓ AI Safety, Governance, and AlignmentWritten for students, researchers, educators, and professionals, this book bridges mathematical foundations with cutting-edge AI research and real-world applications.Whether you are learning game theory for the first time or exploring advanced multi-agent intelligence, this book offers the knowledge and tools needed to understand the future of strategic artificial intelligence.
Pull a model onto a machine you own, shape it with a Modelfile, fine-tune your own adapter, and build a chat app that calls tools and talks to an MCP server, all running on your own hardware. By the end, you'll know exactly where owning your AI beats renting it, and where it doesn't.
A hands-on guide to downloading, running, serving, and maintaining open-weight LLMs on your own machine (489 manuscript pages).
Artificial Intelligence is no longer a distant possibility—it is becoming a collaborative partner in education, research, software development, and professional decision-making.But how do frontier AI systems actually work?What makes safety-centered AI different from earlier generations of language models?How can students, researchers, educators, and professionals prepare for a future shaped by increasingly capable AI systems?In Claude 4 (Anthropic): Safety-First Frontier AI in 2026, author Anshuman Mishra presents a comprehensive and academically grounded exploration of one of the most influential frontier AI systems of the modern era.From Constitutional AI and advanced reasoning architectures to multimodal intelligence, agentic workflows, educational transformation, governance frameworks, workforce implications, and future AI research directions, this book provides readers with a balanced understanding of both opportunities and challenges.Rather than focusing on hype or speculation, the book emphasizes evidence-based analysis, responsible innovation, ethical deployment, and human-centered AI development.Whether you are a student seeking AI literacy, a researcher exploring frontier models, a professional adapting to technological change, or a policymaker shaping future governance frameworks, this book offers the knowledge needed to engage thoughtfully with the next generation of intelligent systems.The future of AI will not be determined by technology alone.It will be shaped by how responsibly humanity chooses to use it.
Serious AI research no longer needs a data center. This is the field log of training, fine-tuning, serving, and shipping real models on a single petascale desktop, with the code to reproduce every result. For engineers building AI on NVIDIA hardware who want depth, not hype.
Learn Claude Code by building real projects. This hands-on companion turns the Claude Code Masterclass workshop into a practical self-paced guide for planning, coding, testing, reviewing, refactoring, and shipping software with AI.
MCP is the protocol powering the next generation of AI agents, and this is the only book that teaches you all of it. From Python fundamentals to low-level SSE transport, go from zero to production-ready MCP developer.
CPython 3.15 runs without the GIL, ships an experimental JIT, and rewrites the C API for a free-threaded world. No hand-waving. No stale docs. Just the interpreter, laid open.
An introduction to actor-critic algorithms as dynamical systems: featuring hand-computable examples, fast-slow reductions, and machine-checked Lean 4 proofs