From “algorithm” to “tokens,” this glossary covers 31 key AI terms for anyone looking to boost their AI knowledge.
Term | Definition |
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Accuracy | How often an AI model makes correct predictions or decisions. |
Algorithm | A step-by-step set of rules or instructions a computer follows to solve a problem. |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Using computers to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, like problem-solving and decision-making. |
Automation | Using AI or other technology to perform tasks without human intervention. |
Bias | When an AI system favors certain outcomes unfairly, often due to biased training data. |
Chatbot | An AI system that simulates conversation with humans, often used in customer service or FAQs. |
Classification | Sorting data into categories, like whether an email is spam or not. |
Data Science | Using data to find patterns, solve problems, and make decisions or predictions. |
Deep Learning | A type of machine learning that uses layers of algorithms (like neural networks) to recognize patterns and make decisions. |
Ethics in AI | The study of fairness, accountability, and responsibility when designing and using AI. |
Explainability | How well an AI system can explain why it made a decision, making it easier for people to understand. |
Generative AI | AI that creates new content, like text, images, or music, based on patterns it learned from existing data. |
Large Language Models (LLMs) | Advanced AI models trained on huge amounts of text to generate human-like responses in language tasks. |
Machine Learning (ML) | A type of AI that uses data to teach computers to make decisions or predictions without being explicitly programmed. |
Model | The part of AI that makes decisions or predictions based on what it learned from data. |
Natural Language Processing (NLP) | A branch of AI that helps computers understand and work with human language, like chatbots or translation tools. |
Neural Networks | Computer systems inspired by the human brain that learn from data to make predictions or classifications. |
Overfitting | When an AI model learns patterns too closely from training data and doesn’t perform well on new data. |
Precision | The proportion of relevant results the AI model returns out of all the results it returns. |
Predictive Analytics | Using data and AI to make predictions about future outcomes. |
Prompt Engineering | Creating precise instructions or questions for AI models to get the best responses. |
Recall | The proportion of actual relevant results that the AI model successfully found. |
Regression | Predicting a numeric outcome based on data, like forecasting sales. |
Reinforcement Learning | AI that learns by trial and error, using rewards and penalties to improve over time. |
Sentiment Analysis | Using AI to detect the emotional tone behind words, like whether a review is positive or negative. |
Supervised Learning | Machine learning where the model learns from labeled examples (data with known answers). |
Tokens | In AI language models, these are the small units of text (like words or word pieces) that the AI uses to understand and generate language. For example, "AI Sally" is 2 tokens: "AI" and "Sally". |
Training Data | The examples (data) used to teach an AI model to make predictions or decisions. |
Transparency | How clearly an AI system shows how it works or how it makes decisions. |
Underfitting | When an AI model doesn’t learn enough patterns from the training data and performs poorly. |
Unsupervised Learning | Machine learning where the model looks for patterns in data without known answers. |