Isha Verma writes about technology for general readers. Her work focuses on making complex technical subjects accessible without diluting them, drawing on years of experience translating between technical specialists and the non-specialists who depend on their work.Her interest in generative AI began in late 2022, when the first wave of consumer chat-based AI tools made it clear that a technology long confined to research papers was about to become part of everyday life. Watching friends, family members, and colleagues struggle to make sense of what these systems were and were not, she set out to write the book she wished she could hand to each of them: rigorous enough to respect the reader's intelligence, plain enough to require no prior technical background.She believes that the people who will benefit most from generative AI in the coming decade are not the engineers building the models, but the curious readers, writers, teachers, lawyers, doctors, and small-business owners who learn to use these tools thoughtfully in their own work. This book is for them.She welcomes correspondence from readers and can be reached through the publisher.