Generative AI, not AI
What the book means by generative AI, how a language model works in plain words, where hallucinations come from, and where Dinis was corrected. 12 panels.
Status: draft · book v1.0.0 (the second edition does not exist yet) · gen-z.journalist, 18 October 2026, from Dinis's memo on generative AI. Every line the Guide says, and every quote card, is from the article 'Generative AI, not AI', word for word; the build checks it. The next-word probabilities in panel 4 are illustrative. Swipe, use the arrow keys, or the buttons; Notes shows what each panel is for and its source; Full screen for an iPad.
The panels
- 1. Generative AI, not AI (cover; Generative AI, not AI)
- 2. AI has become a huge bucket, and to be honest the word gets abused a lot. (spectrum; Generative AI, not AI, Where I was corrected)
- 3. What makes it generative (scene; Generative AI, not AI, How I understand it)
- 4. Predicting the next word (scene; Generative AI, not AI, How I understand it)
- 5. Why a better prompt helps (scene; Generative AI, not AI, How I understand it)
- 6. Where hallucinations come from (scene; Generative AI, not AI, Where hallucinations come from)
- 7. Lisbon, June 2024 (evidence; Generative AI, not AI, Where hallucinations come from)
- 8. The image that made it click (scene; Generative AI, not AI, The image that made it click; Deterministic GenAI Output With Provenance, slide 70)
- 9. And then text (scene; Generative AI, not AI, The image that made it click)
- 10. Corrected: hallucinations have a second cause (evidence; Generative AI, not AI, Where I was corrected)
- 11. Corrected: what is actually inside (scene; Generative AI, not AI, Where I was corrected)
- 12. A note on the name (spectrum; Generative AI, not AI, A note on the name)
The data is generative-ai-not-ai.json and cast.json; the panels are drawn in your browser from it, by assets/storyboard.js with Rough.js. Nothing is an image file: change the JSON, rebuild, and every panel is redrawn.