Introduction to Generative AI 2E by Numa Dhamani (PDF)(Nonfiction)

Introduction to Generative AI 2E by Numa Dhamani (PDF)(Nonfiction)
Author: Numa Dhamani (with Maggie Engler as co‑author on the 2nd edition)
Full title: Introduction to Generative AI, Second Edition
Length: approximately 280–320 pages
Genre/Categories: Nonfiction; Artificial intelligence; Generative AI; Technology & society; Practical guide
Updates all core chapters to reflect post‑2024 advances in generative AI, including newer LLM families, multimodal models, reasoning‑focused architectures, and mixture‑of‑experts systems.
Adds a full chapter on prompt engineering, with strategies for systematically crafting prompts, iterating, and debugging interactions for text and code generation.
Adds a chapter on AI agents, explaining how agentic systems are built on top of LLMs, how tools and memory are integrated, and what emerging applications and risks look like.