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The Layered Mental Model I Use to Understand Modern AI (As a Software Engineer)

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If you're a software engineer who understands traditional systems but still finds the massive explosion of AI terminology confusing, you're definitely not alone. AI, machine learning, neural networks, deep learning, transformers, LLMs, generative AI, and AI agents are often explained as completely…

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  1. 2026-10-07 00:51 · DEV Community — AI
    The Layered Mental Model I Use to Understand Modern AI (As a Software Engineer)

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