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title: "Thoughtful Comics — Thoughtful Robots"
description: "Thoughtful Comics: short visual stories for people who use AI at work and want to understand what is happening beneath the conversation."
source: "https://thoughtfulrobots.ai/thoughtful-comics"
---

# AI ideas, *drawn for real work.*

Short visual stories for people who use AI at work and want to understand what is happening beneath the conversation.

An AI literacy series made by the non-technical side of our team. They drew these while learning AI themselves, and share them so others can learn it the same way.

50 practical questions will live here.

## Start with a question.

Each comic begins with a familiar workplace moment, then explains the AI idea behind it.

- [01 Foundations What Is AI, And What Is Just Normal Software? Rules versus learned patterns, and why most real products end up using both. Read the comic →](/thoughtful-comics/what-is-ai)

- [02 Everyday AI Where Am I Already Encountering AI In My Daily Work? The AI already built into your email, search and meetings, and the four jobs it usually does. Read the comic →](/thoughtful-comics/ai-in-my-daily-work)

- [03 Generative AI What Is Generative AI? How AI makes new content from learned patterns, and why a polished draft still needs checking. Read the comic →](/thoughtful-comics/what-is-generative-ai)

- [04 Models What Is An AI Model? The trained engine behind every AI tool, what shapes it, and how to pick one for your own work. Read the comic →](/thoughtful-comics/what-is-an-ai-model)

- [05 Products What Is The Difference Between ChatGPT And The AI Model Behind It? The layers a product wraps around a model, and why the same model can feel so different. Read the comic →](/thoughtful-comics/chatgpt-vs-the-model)

### On the drawing board

- 06 · Context **Why Does AI Forget What I Said?** In development

- 07 · Training **How Does AI Know Anything?** In development