How AI Actually Work
A Ground-Up Guide for the Smart Non-EngineerBy Richmond Bagnall
Length12h 42m
About this audiobook
Almost everyone now uses AI. Almost no one actually understands it.
How AI Actually Works fixes that — from the ground up, with nothing skipped and no engineering background required. Starting from a single artificial "neuron," it builds one careful step at a time to the systems now running the world: how ChatGPT really works, how images and voices are generated, why AI "hallucinates," and what is actually happening inside the black box. Then it goes where most guides won't — into the chips, the data centres, the energy and water debates, and the real arguments about AI's risks — explaining each so clearly you can hold your own with anyone.
By the final chapter you won't just follow the headlines. You'll understand the machine behind them, and be able to explain it to anyone who asks.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology, Science and Nature
Length12 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 — The Whole Thing in One Chapter Part 1
2Chapter 1 — The Whole Thing in One Chapter Part 2
3Chapter 1 — The Whole Thing in One Chapter Part 3
4Chapter 1 — The Whole Thing in One Chapter Part 4
5Chapter 1 — The Whole Thing in One Chapter Part 5
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