Let’s play a game. You, a bright-eyed entrepreneur, have a world-changing idea for an AI application. Maybe it’s a chatbot that finally tells you which of your plants are judging you, or an AI that can generate the perfect excuse to get out of a boring meeting. You fire up your laptop, ready to code your way to a billion-dollar valuation. Congratulations! You’ve just entered the Application Layer. Welcome to the kiddie pool of the AI ocean. It’s warm, crowded, and everyone is splashing around...