Glossary

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Large Language Model

A store of information, usually created by processing a huge number of documents.

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is hard to define since the advent of generative AI. It is used more like a marketing term than something with a rigorous definition.

Generative AI

A type of program that can create things based on its model. The model can be a store of any kind of information, for example a huge number of pictures of works by Picasso. A generative AI program is then able to generate more pictures that may have aspects of Picasso paintings.

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Model

A model is a store of information. It might contain information about words, how often they appear in some documents, and which words show up near other words.

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Chatbot

A program that takes conversation-style text from a user, and prints out conversational text.

Training

The process of creating a model.

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Algorithm

A set of steps.

Agent

A program with the ability to carry out tasks without requiring a user to make a decision.

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ChatGPT

A generative AI product made by OpenAI.

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Copilot

A generative AI product made by Microsoft.

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