The AI Simplified blog
Practical AI, in short articles.
Plain-English introductions to the topics behind the On-Ramp books. Read an article, then pick up the book when you want the full method.
The Beginner's GuideHow to Use ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini: A Beginner's Guide to Useful AnswersWhat an AI chat tool is, why it can sound sure when it is wrong, and four short lines that improve almost every request.Read the articleGen AI & LLMsHow Large Language Models Work: Tokens, Context and Why AI Gets Things WrongTokens, context windows and next-token prediction in plain English, and what they explain about odd, uneven or made-up answers.Read the articlePrompt EngineeringHow to Write Better AI Prompts: Five Parts Every Good Prompt NeedsA five-part plan for prompts that give usable answers, with a before-and-after example you can copy today.Read the articleEveryday AI ProductivityHow to Use AI for Email, Meeting Notes and Daily BusyworkFour everyday jobs worth handing to an AI assistant, and the one-line checks that keep a quick draft from becoming a costly mistake.Read the articleSystems Thinking with AISystems Thinking for AI Projects: Why Fixes Come Back and What to Do InsteadStocks, loops and delays explained for managers, and why a measure that becomes a target stops measuring what it used to.Read the article