Why do a lot of people fail at AI?
Because the math scares them.
TLDR
- A free, open-source book covering the math you need to understand AI
- It is focused on linear algebra, calculus, probability, and optimization.
- The book has over 50K views and +140 stars on GitHub so far.
- ⭐ If it's useful, a star on the repo helps a lot: https://github.com/tiagomonteiro0715/The-Math-Behind-Artificial-Intelligence-A-Guide-to-AI-Foundations
Why I wrote this book?
I started learning machine learning before ChatGPT came out
A big problem I had back then was understanding the mathematics behind machine learning.
An engineering bachelor's degree later (electrical and computer engineering) and hundreds of thousands of views on my freeCodeCamp blog, I decided to write a book on the math behind AI!
Also, I am currently doing a master degree in AI at northeastern university.
The book teaches the math in simple and plain English with a lot of analogies.
Currently it has +50K+ views, and the GitHub repo has +140 stars.
Also, I tried to balance the best way possible the depth and making it accessible.
Finally, I show a lot of examples where the math concepts of AI are applied in fields of engineering and how these math ideas power billion dollar industries.
What is in the book?
- The Architecture of Mathematics: How math connects from foundations to AI, including Gödel's paradoxes and Einstein's relativity
- The Field of Artificial Intelligence: From Control Theory to modern AI, understanding symbolic vs. non-symbolic AI approaches
- Linear Algebra: Vectors, matrices, determinants, eigenvalues, and transformations that show geometry of data in machine learning
- Multivariable Calculus: Limits, Derivatives, and Integrals.
- Probability & Statistics: Bayesian methods, distributions, and Markov models for learning from uncertainty
- Optimization Theory: Gradient descent, Adam optimizer, and how machines learn step by step
- Real-World Applications: A lot of Python code examples, animated visualizations, and practical examples of where the math is applied
How can you help?
Link to the book: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-math-behind-artificial-intelligence-book/
The book repo is here: https://github.com/tiagomonteiro0715/The-Math-Behind-Artificial-Intelligence-A-Guide-to-AI-Foundations
If it's useful to you:
- A star helps more people find it
- Suggest topics you'd want covered next in a new version of the book!
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Send me an email!