AI Systems
A 7-part series
AI is a stack. This series shows you how models, tools, and agents fit together so you can actually understand (and control) what your AI tools are doing.
- 1 AI as a System (Part 1): AI is a Stack AI is a stack. A clear, systems-level breakdown of models, tools, and agents to make sense of modern AI.
- 2 AI as a System (Part 2): What AI Models Actually Are What AI models actually are, how they work, and why GPT, Claude, Gemini, and others behave differently.
- 3 AI as a System (Part 3): Why AI Feels Different in ChatGPT, Cursor, and Copilot The same AI model can feel completely different depending on the interface. Here's why tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Copilot behave so differently.
- 4 AI as a System (Part 4): From Interfaces to Execution Execution is the shift from AI suggesting actions to actually performing them. Here's how that changes everything.
- 5 AI as a System (Part 5): Agents - When AI Starts Doing Instead of Answering AI agents are the shift from assistance to action. Here's how they work and why they’re changing how we build and operate systems.
- 7 AI as a System (Part 7): The Real AI Stack (For Builders) How models, interfaces, agents, and data come together into real AI architectures you can actually build and reason about.
- 8 AI as a System (Part 8): AI as Infrastructure - Where This Is All Going AI is shifting from a tool to infrastructure. What that means for systems, teams, and how we design and operate software.