How to Navigate the AI Landscape in This Encyclopedia
Status: 🟩 COMPLETE 🟦 LIVING Tagline: Where to find what you need across the ~300+ AI entries.
The encyclopedia’s AI coverage spans many folders. This guide helps you find what you need quickly.
”I want to…” — Quick navigation
”I want to use AI for the first time”
Start here:
- Sign up for ChatGPT OR Sign up for Claude OR Sign up for Gemini
- Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini
- AI prompting cheat sheet
- AI for daily life cheat sheet
”I want to use AI for my specific job”
See the decision framework for your profession:
- AI for healthcare practitioners
- AI for lawyers
- AI for accountants
- AI for educators
- AI for tradespeople
- AI for marketers
- AI for journalism
- AI for HR professionals
- counsellors
- AI for hospitality
- AI for retail
- AI for real estate
- AI for content creators
- AI for writers
- AI for government workers
- AI for nonprofits
”I want to use AI in my specific Australian industry”
”I want to use AI for my life context”
- AI for older adults
- AI for families
- AI for students
- AI for new immigrants to Australia
- AI for travel planning
- AI for cooking
- AI for fitness
- AI for mental wellness
- AI for accessibility
”I want to learn about a specific AI tool”
See section 10 (AI and LLMs): 10-ai-and-llms
Major tools have dedicated entries with vendor information, country of origin, pricing, privacy, gotchas, and cross-references.
”I want to sign up for a specific AI tool”
See how-to guides:
- Sign up for ChatGPT
- Sign up for Claude
- Sign up for Gemini
- Sign up for Perplexity
- Sign up for Microsoft Copilot
- Sign up for Midjourney
- Sign up for Suno
- Sign up for ElevenLabs
- Sign up for Canva
- Sign up for GitHub Copilot
- Sign up for Hugging Face
- Use DuckDuckGo AI (no account)
“I want to set up AI development”
- Set up Cursor
- Set up Claude Code
- Set up Ollama (local AI)
- Get an OpenAI API key
- Get an Anthropic API key
- Get a Google AI API key
”I want to use AI for a specific task”
”I want a quick reference”
- AI vendor cheat sheet — which AI for what
- AI prompting cheat sheet — better prompting
- AI prompts library — 50+ copy-paste prompts
- AI API cheat sheet — developer quick reference
- AI for daily life cheat sheet — everyday prompts
- AI safety cheat sheet — safe use rules
- AI ethics cheat sheet — ethical use rules
”I want to compare options”
- Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini
- Cursor vs Claude Code vs Windsurf
- AWS vs Azure vs GCP for AI
- Western vs Chinese AI
- Paid AI subscriptions worth it?
- Local vs cloud AI
- Image vs video vs music AI
”I want to understand the landscape”
Start with: ai-landscape folder
Key entries:
- AI landscape index
- Western recommended vendors
- Chinese vendors to avoid
- Which AI for which job
- Capability matrix
- Pricing snapshot
- Free tier comparison
- Australian privacy considerations
- Australian AI scene
”I want to understand AI concepts”
Major concept entries in section 10:
- What is an LLM?
- How LLMs work
- Tokens and context
- Prompt engineering
- Agents
- RAG
- MCP
- Embeddings
- Multimodal AI
Capability concept entries:
- Image generation
- Video generation
- Music generation
- Voice synthesis
- Speech-to-text
- Real-time voice AI
- AI translation
- Deep research mode
- AI document generation
- AI slides generation
”I want to understand AI risks and safety”
- AI safety primer
- Hallucinations
- Prompt injection
- Open weights vs closed
- EU AI Act
- Watermarking AI content
- Reasoning models
- AGI explainer
- AI energy footprint
- AI hardware overview
”I want to fix something broken”
- AI tools errors — common AI errors and fixes
Folder structure for AI content
10-ai-and-llms/ (~150 entries)
- Foundational concepts (what is an LLM, how they work)
- Major AI assistants and their consumer products
- Vendor entries for AI tools (image, video, voice, music)
- Speciality AI tools (clinical, legal, educational, financial)
- API and developer tools
- Major AI companies (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta, xAI, Mistral, Cohere, Stability, Black Forest Labs, Cognition, Inflection)
11-ai-assisted-development/ (~40 entries)
- Coding agents and IDEs (Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, etc.)
- Claude Code deep features (skills, hooks, plugins, subagents)
- Developer-specific AI tools
14-design-and-ux/ (~20 AI entries among design)
- AI design tools (Canva, Figma AI, Adobe Firefly, etc.)
- AI presentation tools
- Australian Blackmagic Design (DaVinci Resolve)
15-broader-tech-bonus/ (~25 entries on AI infrastructure)
- Cloud AI platforms (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Vertex AI)
- AI infrastructure (Cerebras, CoreWeave, Lambda, RunPod, Modal)
ai-landscape/ (~22 entries)
- Cross-cutting reference
- Western vs Chinese vendor lists
- Capability matrix, pricing, free tier comparisons
- Australian context (privacy, scene, regulatory)
- Concept primers (safety, hallucinations, prompt injection, AGI, etc.)
how-to/ (~34 entries)
- Sign-up guides for major AI services
- Setup guides (Cursor, Claude Code, Ollama)
- API key procurement
- Workflow guides (job applications, fact-checking, evaluation, system prompts)
decision-frameworks/ (~46 entries)
- Comparison frameworks (Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini, etc.)
- Profession-specific frameworks
- Industry-specific frameworks
- Life-context frameworks
- Decision support
cheat-sheets/ (~14 entries)
- Quick references
- Prompts library
- API references
- Safety and ethics rules
common-errors/
- AI tools errors and fixes
Cross-referencing convention
Most AI entries link to:
- Related vendor entries
- Relevant decision frameworks
- Applicable how-to guides
- Cheat sheets
- Australian privacy considerations
Click links to navigate; everything’s interconnected.
Australian context throughout
All AI content includes Australian considerations:
- Pricing in AUD context (with USD original)
- Privacy Act 1988 and APP implications
- Professional regulatory bodies (AHPRA, CPA, Law Societies, etc.)
- Industry codes (ACCC, ACMA, etc.)
- State-specific legislation where relevant
- Indigenous data sovereignty (AIATSIS)
- Australian crisis support resources where mental health relevant
Status and currency
The AI landscape changes weekly. Entries are:
- Dated to “Last reviewed” date
- Marked LIVING when expected to evolve
- Maintained but cannot guarantee current accuracy
For high-stakes decisions: verify with vendors’ current information.
See also
- README — encyclopedia overview
- INDEX — alphabetical master index
- CHANGELOG — what’s been added
- ROADMAP — what’s planned next
- CONVENTIONS — entry format standards