AI vs ML vs Deep Learning vs Generative AI: the map that finally makes it click (opens in new tab)

The big idea up front: AI, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI are not four competing things. They are four circles nested inside each other. Once you see the nesting, the buzzwords stop being scary. I am a product manager, not an engineer, learning to become an AI PM in public. This is lesson 1, and this is the mental model I wish someone had drawn for me on day one. The four nested circles AI (machines doing smart-seeming tasks) -> Machine Learning (learns from data) -> Deep ...