MODULE 07 — THE LANDSCAPE · 27 AI Concepts

The AI tools field guide

Nine jobs, nine kinds of tool. Tap any tile for a few names currently doing that job — the mechanism will outlast every one of them.

A heads-up if you landed here directly: this page (and the rest of Module 7) uses some real industry terms you'll meet outside this course too — you don't need to memorize every one on first read.

model api orchestration mcp vector db eval
One typical stack, faintly wired — most real projects use some subset of these, not all nine.

Example names as of September 2026 — the only page in this series with an expiry date. The categories will outlast this list; check current tools before trusting it.

So what

Learn the nine jobs, not the nine logos — the logos will have turned over by the time you read this twice.

MODULE RECAP

Before you move on

Click an idea below, then click the card it matches.

Same weights, different shapes, different owners, different tools — this is the landscape it all sits in.

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