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AI Terms Explained: 15 Words You’ll Hear When You Start Building With AI

September 18, 2026 by Ben Thirlby

A plain-English guide to 15 AI terms worth knowing, from weights and tokens to hooks, harnesses, MCP, and agent swarms.

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