The Welch Labs Illustrated Guide to AI Volume II offers unique perspectives on artificial intelligence through hands-on exploration and richly detailed graphics that give readers a visceral understanding of how AI actually works. Volume II builds on Volume I by exploring foundational topics like residual networks and reinforcement learning, as well as advanced topics such as grokking, vision-language-action (VLA) models, and JEPA. Each chapter combines thought-provoking exercises with supporting code to illuminate the key breakthroughs and persistent mysteries in AI development. The book is a great fit for both seasoned professionals and students.

Chapter Listing

1. ResNets | The most cited paper of the century is a brilliant hack

2. Grokking | The most complex model we actually understand

3. VLA | Inside the world’s smartest robot brain

4. JEPA | Yann LeCun’s $1B best against LLMs

5. Double Descent | What the books get wrong about AI

6. The Bitter Lesson | Can humans the bottleneck?

7. Reinforcement Learning | The algorithm that tried to kill me

Details

• Each chapter includes supporting Python code that walks through the key results from that chapter, and there’s a supporting GitHub repo as well that’s a bit more comprehensive.

• At the end of each chapter, you’ll also find exercises - we’ve put a ton of thought into these.

• The book is great for self-study, AI courses, or just looks great on your coffee table.

• Printed in full color on high-quality paper & binding

• 8.75x11.25”

• 300+ pages

• ISBN: 9798991923422

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