Show HN: Aiaiai.guide: Plain-English mental model for LLM apps, tools and agents
20 hours ago
- #AI Systems
- #Context Window
- #LLM Fundamentals
- The primer explains nine chapters on AI systems used in tools like ChatGPT, covering LLMs, multimodality, and context windows.
- It clarifies that LLMs are stateless probability machines predicting the next word, and chatbots simulate memory by resending full conversations.
- System prompts steer model behavior, while structured outputs and tool use allow models to interact with external functions via applications.
- Agentic loops involve planning, acting, and observing, with multi-agent systems using orchestrators for specialized subagents.
- Context engineering is highlighted as managing finite context windows, with the primer aimed at building practical mental models, not textbook accuracy.