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ASHISH GHADIGAONKAR
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AI Engineering for Everyone — Simple Explanations of Hard Concepts (Series Announcement)

Most AI content today is either:

  • too academic
  • too mathematical
  • too shallow
  • too “black-box”

So beginners get confused.

Developers get overwhelmed.

PMs and designers feel lost.

And even experienced engineers struggle to understand how AI systems actually work.

That’s why I’m starting a new series:

🔥 “AI Engineering for Everyone — Simple Explanations of Hard Concepts”

A series dedicated to breaking down complex AI ideas using:

  • simple language
  • clear diagrams
  • real analogies
  • no excessive math
  • beginner-friendly logic

If you can understand a concept clearly — you can build with it confidently.


📌 What This Series Will Cover

1️⃣ What Actually Happens Inside an LLM

A simple breakdown of how models reason, generate, and predict.

2️⃣ Embeddings Explained in One Diagram

What embeddings truly represent — the foundation of semantic search.

3️⃣ How RAG Works (With a Real-Life Analogy)

Why retrieval improves accuracy and how the architecture works.

4️⃣ Why Models Hallucinate (And How to Fix It)

The UNKNOWN root causes of hallucinations + engineering solutions.

5️⃣ Tokenization Explained for Humans

How models “see” text and why tokenization matters.

6️⃣ What Vector Databases Really Do

How they store, index, and retrieve embeddings efficiently.

7️⃣ What Makes AI “Think” Step-by-Step

Chain-of-thought, planning, reasoning — simplified.

8️⃣ Why Retrieval Is More Important Than the Model

How retrieval quality now matters more than model size.

9️⃣ How Memory Works in AI Systems

Short-term, long-term, episodic, and summary memory explained.

🔟 How AI Agents Decide What To Do Next

A clean explanation of agent planning, loops, and decision-making.


🎯 Why This Series Matters

AI is no longer a niche skill. It’s becoming essential for:

  • engineers
  • data scientists
  • designers
  • PMs
  • founders
  • students
  • teams building AI products

Yet most people never learn the intuitive foundations behind:

  • LLM internals
  • embeddings
  • vector search
  • RAG
  • hallucination mechanics
  • memory
  • reasoning
  • agents

This series makes AI clear, practical, and understandable — without losing depth.


💬 Want Part 1?

If you want Part 1: “What Actually Happens Inside an LLM”, comment below — I’ll publish it next with diagrams and a DEV-ready version.

Stay tuned. This series is going to simplify AI for thousands.

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