Denis DuvauchelleThe Best-Fit Line as a First Picture of AI Training
See how a best-fit line introduces AI training, pattern learning, predictions, and uncertainty, giving beginners a clear way to think about models.
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15 articles about practical AI
Denis Duvauchelle
Denis DuvauchelleLet AI Edit the Words Without Losing the Meaning
Learn how to use AI to improve clarity while preserving meaning, details, conditions, and tone through careful sentence-by-sentence comparison.
Denis DuvauchelleThree Practical Buckets for Thinking About AI
Learn three practical AI categories—processing, creating, and revising—to test specific tasks, spot errors, and judge results with confidence.
Denis DuvauchelleVibe Coding Still Needs a Place to Keep the Code
Learn how GitHub repositories and change history make AI-built projects easier to inspect, compare, and understand before your next experiment.
Denis DuvauchelleWhen AI Makes Things Up: Creativity and Facts Need Different Rules
Learn why AI invention helps creative work but risks factual errors, and how to separate imaginative prompts from claims that need evidence.
Denis DuvauchelleRAG Begins With Finding Something Relevant
This Short introduces retrieval-augmented generation through a simple connection: give an AI a search step before asking it to answer.
Denis DuvauchelleAn AI Writing Assistant Still Needs Direction
I think of the AI writing assistant in this Short as an eager intern: useful for an attempt, still in need of a brief and feedback.
Denis DuvauchelleGive Your AI Assistant a First Task It Can Understand
Learn how to give an AI assistant clear context, audience, format, and examples so its first task is useful, easier to judge, and simpler to improve.
Denis DuvauchelleStart With a Small Prompt and Build From the Result
Learn how starting with a small AI prompt reveals what needs fixing, helping you iterate faster and build better results without unnecessary complexity.
Denis DuvauchelleThe AI Colleague Sketch, in a Short
Watch a funny AI colleague sketch, then learn how roles, clear requests, and examples reduce confusion and improve everyday AI results.
Denis DuvauchelleAI in Simple Terms: Predicting What Comes Next
Learn how language models predict plausible continuations, why fluent answers can be wrong, and how to separate wording from verified facts.
Denis DuvauchelleAsk the Small Questions About a Big Source
One of the ideas I explore in this Short is using AI to work through material that feels too large to approach all at once.
Denis DuvauchelleUse an AI First Draft to Find What You Want to Say
Learn how an AI first draft can turn a blank page into something to react to, helping you find your message while keeping your judgment in control.
Denis DuvauchelleTry the New AI Tool, Then Check What It Did
Learn a practical way to test AI tools, inspect results, and keep approval in your hands as AI agents begin taking real actions.
Denis DuvauchelleA Useful AI Answer Still Needs a Reality Check
Learn why convincing AI answers can be wrong and how to check summaries, rewrites, and actions before errors affect your work.