- Preface
- Part 1: For All Solo Knowledge Workers
- Who This Book Is For
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The Rise of the AI-Powered Solo Knowledge Worker
- AI Tools: Powering the Solo Revolution
- AI Tool Categories for Solo Knowledge Workers (May 2025)
- Beyond Automation: AI as Creative Catalyst, Market Navigator, and Personalization Engine
- Independent Consultants
- Programmers and Developers: Productivity Surge, Evolving Skillset
- Wrap Up for AI Powers Solo Work Revolution
- Key Concepts: LLMs, Generative AI, Multimodality
- Google’s AI Ecosystem
- Gemini Integration with Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Meet, Google Drive, Google Calendar
- Part 2 - Using Python Scripts
- Python Introduction and Tutorial
- First Steps Using Python with the Gemini Python Library
- Gemini Thinking Mode
- Using Gemini For Both Images and Text (Multimodal Capabilities)
- Using Gemini to Write Python for Google Colab
- Part 3 - Building and Utilizing AI Agents
- Introducing the gemini-cli: Your AI Agent in the Terminal
- An Introduction to AI Agentic Workflows Using gemini-cli
- Book Wrap Up
Practical AI with Google: A Solo Knowledge Worker's Guide to Gemini, AI Studio, and LLM APIs
Get a solid foundation in machine learning and learn practical applications of LLM-based applications.
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Most books I have written are deeply technical - this is not one of them. Here, I attempt to make state of the art AI approachable and usable to a wider and not necessarily technical audience. We focus on Google's publicly available AI tools.
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Mark Watson
Mark Watson is a consultant specializing in LLMs, deep learning, machine learning, knowledge graphs, and general artificial intelligence software development. He uses Common Lisp, Clojure, Python, Java, Haskell, and Ruby for development.
He is the author of 20+ published books on Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Java, Ruby, Machine Learning, Common LISP, Clojure, JavaScript, Semantic Web, NLP, C++, Linux, and Scheme. He has 55 US Patents.
Mark's consulting customer list includes: Google, Capital One, Olive AI, CompassLabs, Disney, Sitescout.com, Embed.ly, and Webmind Corporation.
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