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Plain-language guides that assume nothing. If you have used a calculator and a web browser, you can follow these.

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Foundational guides

What is a large language model?

A 5-minute explanation that does not use the word “stochastic.”

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Local vs. cloud AI

What “running a model on your machine” actually means and when it is worth it.

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How to prompt

The five-sentence prompt that beats a 500-word prompt. No prompt-engineering religion.

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Security basics

What you should never paste into an AI tool, and how to keep your data on your machine.

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Choosing a tool

A decision tree for free, paid, local, and custom AI tools.

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Glossary

The 20 AI terms you actually need, in plain English.

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Our promise

No jargon, no upsell

Every guide ends with one concrete thing you can do today. If we cannot say that, we do not publish the guide.