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What this site is and what it is not
This site explains AI in general terms. This page sets out how to read that, what interests I have, and what data the site collects.
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This is general information, not advice
The content here is written to help you understand things. It is not legal, financial, technical or commercial advice, and it is no substitute for assessing your own situation.
Do not make a purchasing, investment or architecture decision on the strength of what you read here alone. Every real case has particulars (data, contracts, regulation and systems already in place) that a general explanation cannot know about.
Content goes out of date, some of it quickly
In this field, prices, model capabilities and best practice change within months. The fundamentals last better than the individual numbers: how a neural network works, where the cost comes from, and where the value collects.
Every article shows its publication date. If you are reading this a good while later, check the current figures against the original sources.
Views about the future are views
Some of the content is about direction: where costs are heading, which layer captures value, which techniques spread. These are reasoned views, not forecasts and not promises.
I write out the reasoning so you can judge it yourself. Where something is uncertain, the text says so rather than hiding it behind a confident sentence.
Independence and interests
Tekoälli is a personal project. It does not represent any company's position, and no employer, client or partner directs its content.
I work in the AI field, so I have interests. They are set out openly on the about page. I do not write about the confidential affairs of my employers or clients, and the examples on this site are general situations, not accounts of particular customer projects.
If partners or other commercial content ever appear on this site, they will be clearly marked as such.
Errors and corrections
The content is written carefully, but errors happen. I do my best to make sure what is stated here is accurate, but I give no warranty that it is free of errors and accept no liability for loss arising from use of the information on this site.
I correct errors that are found. If you spot one, please say so: accuracy is this site's most important feature.
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