From music to AI. A personal journey with practical lessons you can use. Before I Called It AI: My Road to Popâ One follows Byron E. Burke, writing as Popâ Ur-Mää, from his encounter with technology entrepreneur Hank Williams and ClickRadio to the questions shaping his approach to artificial intelligence today. Through music, memory, and plain-language explanations, explore how AI processes requests, what tokens and memory mean, and why permissions, verification, and founder control matter. The book includes 14 chapters, worked examples, a study companion, a glossary, practice exercises with an answer key, and project worksheets. Read for the story or follow the study path to apply the ideas to your own work. Written for curious adults, independent creators, and founders who want to understand AI without first becoming programmers. Learn more at https://popaone.com.