The complete guide series
AI, explained for people who have other things to do.
AI for Normal People is a genuinely non-technical place to start: what AI is, what it can do, where it fails, and how to use it without swallowing the hype.

A useful first principle
AI is not magic.
It is software that finds patterns and makes predictions. That idea is simple enough to remember and useful enough to cut through a surprising amount of nonsense.
A five-book progression
Start with understanding. Go technical only if you want to.
The later volumes are a working direction. Book 1 is the active volume.
1AI for Normal PeopleActive volume
2Practical AI Workflows & ProductivityUse
3AI for Business & OperationsOperate
4Building AI Systems & AutomationBuild
5AI Engineering & ArchitectureEngineer