📖 AI Glossary

An AI component that handles one decision or generation task inside a larger workflow.

AI Overview is a feature where AI displays summary answers at the top of Google search results. It sparked a zero-click debate that led to a decline in website visits.

AI slop is a derogatory term for low-quality content mass-produced with AI. It has emerged as a problem polluting search and social media.

An API is an interface that lets software systems exchange functions or data, often used to integrate AI into products.

Artificial neural network is a computational structure modeled after the neuron connections in the brain. This is the basic material for deep learning.

Attention is a technique for calculating which words in a sentence are closely related to each other, and is the core principle of Transformer.

It allows repetitive tasks to be handled without human hands. With the combination of AI, the scope of tasks that require judgment is expanding.

Autonomous driving is a technology that allows a car to drive itself without human intervention. Waymo's robotaxi has entered commercial operation.

Backtesting evaluates an investment strategy by applying it to historical market data.

Benchmark is a standard test to compare AI performance. This is the scorecard that comes out when a new model is announced, and there are frequent controversies about training for exams.

Chain of thought is a technique that allows AI to answer by writing down the solution process step by step rather than just making a conclusion. Significantly improves accuracy for complex problems.

The gap between early interest in a technology and broader practical adoption.

Chatbot is the general name for a program that responds in a conversational format. Since the emergence of generative AI, it has become a term used to refer to ChatGPT-type conversational AI.

Cloud is a method of renting a server over the Internet rather than purchasing it directly. Most AI learning and services run in the cloud.

Compact language model is a language model whose size has been significantly reduced compared to large models. It is cheap and fast, so it is in the spotlight for specific tasks.

Computer vision is an AI field that understands images and videos. It corresponds to the eyes of face recognition, defect detection, and autonomous driving.

A context window is the amount of content an AI model can remember and refer to within a single conversation.

This program automatically collects data from the web. This is a key issue in copyright disputes surrounding AI learning data collection.

CSS is the style language used to control layout, spacing, colors, and visual presentation on web pages.

A development platform for NVIDIA GPUs. It is considered a key weapon in NVIDIA's dominance in the AI developer ecosystem.