The only AI glossary you’ll need this year
Artificial intelligence is creating a new language to describe its capabilities, and this glossary aims to provide plain-English definitions of common AI terms. The field of AI is constantly evolving, and this glossary is updated regularly to reflect new developments. From AGI to coding agents, the glossary covers a range of topics to help readers understand the latest advancements in AI.
- ▪Artificial general intelligence (AGI) refers to AI that is more capable than the average human at many tasks.
- ▪AI agents are tools that use AI technologies to perform tasks on behalf of users, such as filing expenses or writing code.
- ▪Chain-of-thought reasoning is a technique used by large language models to break down problems into smaller steps to improve the quality of the end result.
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Artificial intelligence is rewriting the world, and simultaneously inventing a whole new language to describe how it’s doing it. Sit in on any product meeting, pitch, or panel these days, and you’ll hear people toss around LLMs, RAG, RLHF, and a dozen other terms that can make even very smart people in the tech world feel a little insecure. This glossary is our attempt to fix that: pain-English definitions of the AI terms you’re most likely to actually run into, whether you’re building with this stuff, investing in it, or just trying to keep up by reading TechCrunch or listening to related podcasts. We update it regularly as the field evolves, so consider it a living document, much like the AI systems it describes. AGI Artificial general intelligence, or AGI, is a nebulous term.
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