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Practical AI for Idiots

Welcome

Welcome, Idiot

Part 1: The Tools (Python)

Intro: The Language of Gods
Variables: The Boxes
Loops: The Chores
Functions: The Spells

Part 2: The Brain (Machine Learning)

Linear Regression: Drawing Lines
Logistic Regression: The Sorting Hat
Neural Networks: The Committee
Decision Trees: The 20 Questions
Random Forests: The Mob Rule
K-Means: The Mean Girls
Gradient Descent: The Blind Hiker
Overfitting: The Memorizer
CNNs: The Eyeball
RNNs: The Goldfish
Transformers: The Attention Seeker
Reinforcement Learning: The Dog Trainer
GANs: The Forger

Part 3: The Apps (Build Real AI)

The Engine: Autograd from Scratch
The Brain: GPT from Scratch
The Classifier: Is It a Cat?
The Writer: Text Generator
Ship It: Deploy Your AI

Epilogue

Now What?

Chapter

ML 7: The Blind Hiker (Gradient Descent)