AI fundamentals, for people who run a business.
Start here if the vocabulary is the problem. These are the explainers: what the words actually mean, what the technology can and cannot do, what it costs, and what European law requires of you. No prior technical knowledge assumed.
Most of what is written about AI for business is aimed at people who already know the vocabulary, or is written to sell something. These posts are aimed at the owner of a small or medium business in Europe who wants to understand what is actually on offer before spending money on it.
The through line is that the interesting questions are not technical. What does this cost, who is accountable when it goes wrong, what does the EU AI Act require, and how do you tell a real system from a demo. Those are business questions, and they are the ones these posts answer.
This is one of three pillars. Once the vocabulary is clear, the implementation posts walk through real systems end to end, and commentary covers what is actually changing in the research. All of it points back to what AI implementation looks like for a business on Mallorca.
12 posts in this pillar
- What is an AI agent? A guide for Mallorca business owners
A plain-English guide to AI agents, what they actually are, and where a small business would start.
- What the EU AI Act means for your business: a plain-English guide
What the EU AI Act actually requires for a small business using AI, without the legal jargon.
- Data privacy and AI: what a European business owner needs to know
What GDPR actually requires when an AI tool touches customer data, and where consumer AI plans get businesses in trouble.
- How to choose an AI consultant: 10 questions to ask before hiring
Ten specific questions that catch vendor lock-in, vague pricing, and unfinished systems before you sign anything.
- AI vs. automation vs. AI agents: what's actually different, in plain terms
A plain-English breakdown of the three terms, why the difference matters for pricing, and how to tell which one your business actually needs.
- How much does AI implementation actually cost for a small business?
What actually drives the price up or down, what to budget for a first project, and the red flags to watch for in a quote.
- What "AI implementation" actually means (and doesn't mean)
Why most of what gets sold as AI implementation is decoration, and the three things a real system actually needs.
- What AI cannot do yet: a realistic guide for small businesses
Where you can rely on AI today and where a person still needs to be in the chair, using 2026 evidence and the limits we build into our own systems.
- n8n vs Zapier vs Make: which automation tool for a small business?
What each automation tool costs as of October 2026, how they count usage differently, and how to choose the one your business can actually look after.
- ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: how to choose for your business
Skip the ranking. Check the data terms, test each assistant on five of your own tasks, and build so you can switch models later.
- Do you need to learn prompt engineering? Probably not
For most business owners the answer is no. What you need is good briefing, four habits that do most of the work, and when prompting really matters.
- How AI chatbots work, and why most of them are bad
What a chatbot really is, why so many disappoint customers, and the five differences between a bad one and a good one.
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