Tech & AI, in Plain English
Language models are word machines, and we're a site about words. Plain-English, fact-checked explainers on AI and everyday tech — jargon translated, nothing dumbed down.
8 guides across 4 topics · edited by Theo Marsh
MrPuns is a site about words, and language models are machines built to predict the next one. That's the connection. This section explains AI and the everyday web the way we'd explain a pun: plainly, accurately, and without pretending it's cleverer than it is.
Every guide opens with a one-paragraph answer, cites its sources, and is checked by Theo Marsh before it goes out. If the jargon is the problem, start with the glossary.
AI, explained
How the technology actually works — tokens, retrieval, training — in plain English.
Using AI well
Prompting, tools and workflows, with honest notes on where they help and where they don't.
Words & machines
Where language models meet language itself: writing, humour, and what machines get wrong about words.
Internet literacy
How to check what you read, click and buy — domains, claims and numbers.
How this section is edited
- Written by people. AI tools may help with research or a proofread, and we say so when they do. The writing is human.
- Sourced. Factual claims link to where they came from, so you can check them. So can our editor, and he does.
- Labelled. Sponsored posts are marked at the top of the article and on every listing, and their links carry
rel="sponsored". - Reviewed independently. Nobody pays to be reviewed, and every review states its method and the date it was checked — how we review.
- Corrected. Got something wrong? Tell us. Corrections are noted on the article with the date.
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