Micropolis AI Primer

by Micropolis Handbooks

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Artificial Intelligence is here. It arrived quietly and suddenly is everywhere! AI in the form of generative AI, image diffusion and machine learning is transforming every aspect of business, culture, and daily life. Time to get familiar with this disruptive technology. This guide, written as an accessible glossary for busy readers, invites you to browse or read cover to cover. Short, digestible paragraphs decode basic concepts, and longer insight articles explore select topics.

Overview

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a diverse field, deeply rooted in machine learning research, information retrieval and stochastic mathematics. And despite the science being far too complex for an average user to really get a grasp on, the advent of AI in everyday life urges every AI end-user to get close and become familiar with its basic concepts. So what is GPT, or an LLM? Does an AI think, or understand? is all this a stroke of genius or AI slop already? What are limits or challenges of artificial intelligence? Can I run my own model locally and is agentic AI a good idea? What makes a good prompt? Questions that every AI would eagerly answer. But what's yours? This Micropolis Handbooks publication is mainly written in the form of a technical terms glossary, serving as a quick-start guide to artificial intelligence. The text introduces readers to major AI concepts and gives hands-on advice for practical implementation. Structured alphabetically, the book combines short paragraphs and longer insight articles into a volume that invites casual browsing or reading from cover to cover. Some concepts are visualized in black and white illustrations. A reference book and first primer on the fascinating world of deep learning, expert systems and generative AI.

100% human text: This book is original content and was not written by an AI model.

A look inside

Product Details

ISBN-13:	978-3-9826166-6-7
Publisher:	Micropolis Press
Publication date:	June 2026
Series:	Micropolis Handbooks, #6
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.313(d)

Library classification

Audience:	Professional/Scholarly (Adult)
Keywords:	Artificial Intelligence, LLM, GPT, AI, Machine Learning, Generative artificial intelligence, generative AI, Expert systems, knowledge-based systems, AI Software

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Short summary

A technical terms glossary, meant as a quick-start guide to artificial intelligence (AI). Short paragraphs per term summarize often complex matter to provide you with an overview of the field. Some concepts are visualized in illustrations. A reference book on a fascinating and transformative topic, where algorithmic information retrieval and new paradigms in language processing, in combination with technological advancement, enabled a novel approach to unlocking human knowledge.