E-Books →The Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AI (PDF)

The last book on AI you'll ever need. We swear!
AI technology moves so fast that this book is probably already out of date! But don't worry-The Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AIis still an essential read for anyone who wants to make generative AI into a tool rather than a toy. It shows you how to get the best out of AI no matter what changes come in the future. You'll be able to use common automation and scripting tools to take AI to a new level, and access raw (and powerful) GPT models via API.
InsideThe Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AIyou will find:
Just enough background info on AI! What an AI model is how it worksWays to create text, code, and images for your organization's needsTraining AI models on your local data stores or on the internetBusiness intelligence and analytics uses for AIBuilding your own custom AI modelsLooking ahead to the future of generative AI
Where to get started? How about creating exciting images, video, and even audio with AI. Need more? Learn to harness AI to speed up any everyday work task, including writing boilerplate code, creating specialized documents, and analyzing your own data. Push beyond simple ChatGPT prompts! Discover ways to double your productivity and take on projects you never thought were possible! AI-and this book-are here to show you how.
About the technology
Everything you learn about Generative AI tools like Chat-GPT, Copilot, and Claude becomes obsolete almost immediately. So how do you decide where to spend your time-and your company's money? This entertaining and unbelievably practical book shows you what you can (and should!) do with AI now and how to roll with the changes as they happen.
About the book
The Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AIis a lighthearted introduction to Generative AI written for technology professionals and motivated AI enthusiasts. In it, you'll get a quick-paced survey of AI techniques for creating code, text, images, and presentations, working with data, and much more. As you explore the hands-on exercises, you'll build an intuition for how Generative AI can transform your daily work and communication-and maybe even learn how to make peace with your new robot overlords.
What's insideThe big picture of Generative AI tools and techCreating useful text, code, and imagesWriting effective promptsAI-driven data analytics
About the reader
Written for developers, admins, and other IT pros. Some examples use simple Python code.
About the author
David Clintonis an AWS Solutions Architect, a Linux server administrator and a world-renowned expert on obsolescence.
The technical editor on this book wasMaris Sekar.
Table of Contents
1 Understanding generative AI basics
2 Managing generative AI
3 Creating text and code
4 Creating with media resources
5 Feeding data to your generative AI models
6 Prompt engineering: Optimizing your experience
7 Outperforming legacy research and learning tools
8 Understanding stuff better
9 Building and running your own large language model
10 How I learned to stop worrying and love the chaos
11 Experts weigh in on putting AI to work
A Important definitions and a brief history
B Generative AI resources
C Installing Python