0.1 — The Landscape
Key Concepts
Section titled “Key Concepts”AI (Artificial Intelligence) — software that makes predictions and generates content by learning patterns from data. Not sentient. Not magic. A very sophisticated pattern matcher.
LLM (Large Language Model) — the specific type of AI behind ChatGPT, Claude, etc. Trained on text. Predicts the next word. That’s it — but that simple mechanism produces remarkably useful output.
Model — the trained AI brain itself. Like how “engine” is the thing inside the car. Claude Opus, GPT-5, Gemini — those are different models, like different engines with different strengths.
Generative AI — AI that creates new content (text, images, code) vs. AI that just classifies or sorts existing data.
Vibe Coding — term coined by Andrej Karpathy. Building software by describing what you want in natural language and letting AI generate the code. You guide the vision; AI handles implementation. Legitimate and increasingly powerful.
What You Should Understand
Section titled “What You Should Understand”- Why this moment is different from previous tech shifts
- What AI can and cannot do (grounding expectations)
- Why “non-technical” people have a real advantage right now (domain knowledge + AI tools = builder)
Next: 0.2 — The Environment | Phase overview: Phase 0