30 AI Core Concepts Every Founder Must Master: Cutting Through the Hype to Real Implementation

30 AI Core Concepts Explained: A Founder’s Guide to Cutting Through the Hype Photo by Nahrizul Kadri on Unsplash This definitive guide decodes 30 essential AI terms through real-world analogies and visual explanations. Designed for non-technical decision-makers, it serves as both an educational resource and strategic reference for AI implementation planning. I. Foundational Architecture 1. Large Language Models (LLMs) Digital Reasoning Engines Power ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini applications Process 100k+ word contexts (equivalent to a novel) Example: Summarizing research papers vs. generating marketing copy Three approaches to document summarization (Author’s original graphic) 2. Context Window Capacity The Memory Constraint Standard …