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The AI Architect's Path

The AI Architect's Path

Do you know the answers to these questions?

  • Why are GPU prices rising?
  • Why do we need partial derivatives?
  • Why does Micron’s stock rise when demand for AI GPUs surges?
  • What mathematical principle allows AlphaGo to predict its next move?
  • What conditions must an activation function satisfy?
  • Why can’t neural networks be nonlinear from the start?
6-STAGE AI BOOK SERIES

From a Linear Model to the Transformer, A 6-STAGE Journey Through the Architecture of AI

This book is organized into six stages, with each stage peeling back another layer of AI and gradually leading to modern AI.

Stage 1 begins with the linear model, one of the fundamental building blocks of deep learning. From there, the series progresses through MLPs, CNNs, RNNs, Transformers, and beyond.

No-Code Edition

A Path to Understanding Without Code

The No-Code Edition is for readers who want to follow the structure and flow of AI without writing code.

Through graphs, illustrations, quizzes, and interactive elements, you build an intuitive understanding of why deep learning models work the way they do.

Recommended for: non-developers · product managers ·

The AI Architect's PathSTAGE 1: The Starting Point of AIEARLY ACCESS
Read Chapters 1–4 for FreeEARLY ACCESS
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STAGE 1The Starting Point of AI

This is where those who learn AI and those who build AI part ways. This book puts you through your first test.

No prior knowledge required. Just be ready to think it through.No prior knowledge required. Just be ready to think it through.

  • For beginners exploring a path in AI
  • For developers rebuilding the foundations

Free Early Access for the first 100 readersRead Chapters 1–4 for free ahead of the full release.

Up to 70% off for completing the surveyReceive a discount on the full STAGE 1 release.

Read Chapters 1–4 for FreeEARLY ACCESS

How learning works with AI Book

Do more than read. Explore, check, and ask.

y = wx + b
READ

Build context through story

The problem appears before the formula, so every idea arrives after you know why it is needed.

6 STAGES, one connected journey

Each stage carries what you learned into the architecture that follows.

STAGE 1The Starting Point of AI

  • Build the mathematics behind AI, one idea at a time.
  • No prior knowledge required.
  • Just be ready to think it through.
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STAGE 2
MLP

Designing a multilayer perceptron

  • Build hidden layers
  • Learn through backpropagation
  • Design a deep network
Planned
STAGE 3
CNN

The geometry of convolution

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to be good at math?

AI Book does not avoid equations, but it always builds intuition first with visuals and analogies. Concepts such as averages and slopes are explained again in context, so you do not need to know all the math before you begin.

How is this different from an e‑book or PDF?

You can adjust simulations inside the text, check your understanding with chapter quizzes, and ask questions about what you are reading. It is designed to be used, not just viewed.

Which device is best for learning?

You can read on mobile, but a desktop provides the most comfortable experience for viewing interactive graphs alongside the full text.

In what order will the stages become available?

The series progresses from SLP to MLP, CNN, RNN, LSTM, and Transformer. Following that order helps you understand how model architectures have evolved.

Move from using AI to
designing AI

Read Chapters 1–4 for FreeEARLY ACCESS

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Code Edition

A Path to Understanding Through Code

The Code Edition is for readers who want to explore AI concepts through code and live results.

Run code directly in your browser to trace the model’s computations and training process.

Recommended for: developers · data analysts ·
Python learners
· developers new to AI

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INTERACT

Learn by doing

Adjust simulations of learning rate, gradient descent, and other core concepts. Watch the loss curve change in real time and build intuition through direct experience.

Q. How do you find the gradient of MSE(w₁, b) in the b direction?
Fix w₁ → cross-section → differentiate with respect to b
Fix b → w₁ cross-section → differentiate with respect to w₁
QUIZ

Learn by checking

Use quizzes and term tooltips in every chapter to check what you understand, not just what feels familiar.

How do the weight and bias learn together?
Find the gradient for w₁ and b with partial derivatives, then update both values in the opposite direction of their gradients.
AI

Learn by asking

Ask AI whenever you get stuck on a sentence. You can stay in the chapter, and every answer is grounded in the text you are reading.

Start with the parts
  • Read spatial features
  • Design a visual network
  • Planned
    STAGE 4
    RNN

    The flow of recurrence

    • Work with ordered data
    • Remember what came before
    • Understand time series
    Planned
    STAGE 5
    LSTM

    Long-term dependencies

    • Remember and forget well
    • Choose with gates
    • Handle long sequences
    Planned
    STAGE 6
    Transformer

    Attention and the Transformer

    • Decide where to look
    • Connect key context
    • Process in parallel
    Planned