08 · AI system design¶
An introduction to designing AI systems: the method, the threats, the compliance basics, and three short worked examples.
Want to go deeper? The full, detailed case studies live in Part 2: AI System Design Playbook. It covers numbers, scale from 1x to 100x, failure modes and cost for 20 systems, written for intermediate to advanced readers.
| # | Note | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI system design fundamentals | Intermediate |
| 2 | Threat modeling AI systems | Intermediate |
| 3 | Compliance basics for AI engineers | Beginner |
| 4 | Case study: a customer-support agent | Intermediate |
| 5 | Case study: an internal knowledge assistant | Intermediate |
| 6 | Case study: rolling out coding agents to a team | Intermediate |
| This module (Part 1) | AI System Design Playbook (Part 2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Learn how to think about a design | Study full designs at real scale |
| Case studies | Short worked examples | 20 detailed studies, 3,000+ words each |
| Example question | What belongs in a support agent's tool list? | How does a support agent handle 500K tickets a month, and what does it cost? |