Glossary
All of the terms, explained
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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