Although AI has been a topic of interest in the tech community for decades, it took the world by storm in 2022 with ChatGPT. Since then, AI is the hottest tech on the planet. Following are links to important AI terms in this encyclopedia in alphabetic order by topics. See
glossaries in this encyclopedia.
General Overview
See
AI in a nutshell,
AI training vs. inference and
AI stages.
accelerators
Hardware that assists AI processing. See
AI accelerator.
advantages
In the future, many more everyday transactions will be automated. See
superagency.
agents
AI systems that operate independently and can interact with other systems. See
AI agent.
anxiety
Concerns the world has about AI. See
AI anxiety and
AI apocalypse.
architecture
AI systems use neural networks, which have no resemblance to traditional personal and business data processing. See
neural network.
browser
AI is being added to Web browsers. See
AI browser.
chatbot
An AI virtual assistant. See
ChatGPT and
chatbot.
ChatGPT
The AI chatbot that caused the world to pay attention in 2022. See
ChatGPT.
chip
The semiconductor technology behind AI is the graphics processing unit (GPU). See
AI chip.
compacting
Making a model smaller so that it runs faster. See
AI quantization.
companies
There are many companies creating AI products. See
AI companies for the ones covered in this encyclopedia.
conferences
Over the years, conferences have shifted from neural science research to AI hardware and software. See
AI conferences.
Copilot
Microsoft's AI chatbot. See
Copilot.
copyrights
Ownership rights is a big issue as AI companies use all the information ever published in their AI models without paying for it. See
AI Action Plan.
DALL-E
AI image generator from OpenAI. See
DALL-E.
data for training
AI systems are trained with many different sets of data. See
AI dataset.
data labeling
Identifying data for AI training. See
AI data labeling.
datacenters
AI takes huge amounts of hardware and electricity compared to business systems. See
AI datacenter and
AI power consumption.
deep learning
Widely used neural network architecture with many layers. See
deep learning and
large language model.
deep research
Extensive analysis using agents. See
AI deep research.
DeepSeek
Chinese AI model that caused an uproar in late 2024 due to its low creation cost. See
DeepSeek.
desktop AI computer
NVIDIA introduced the first desktop AI computer. See
Project DIGITS.
electricity usage
AI uses enormous amounts of power. See
AI power consumption and
AI energy.
Elon Musk's AI datacenter
Musk's AI datacenter in Memphis, Tennessee is one of the largest in the country. See
Project Colossus and
xAI.
engineers
Engineer has been a popular title for programmers and other tech specialists. See
AI engineer and
AI scientist.
erroneous results
AI can generate erroneous information. See
AI hallucination.
ethics
Applying ethical aspects to AI. See
AI ethicist.
expert system
The first AI systems. See
expert system.
fakes
Every year, it is harder to tell what is real and what is AI generated. See
deepfake.
first AI computer
In 1951, a computer was built to emulate the human nervous system (see
SNARC).
first chatbot
A pattern matching system created in 1966 is sometimes considered the first chatbot. See
ELIZA.
Gemini
Generative AI from Google. See
Gemini chatbot.
generate original text, images and videos
What downright amazes people. See
AI image generator,
AI text generator and
AI video generator.
Google DeepMind
Google's AI division. See
DeepMind.
GPT
AI from OpenAI. See
GPT.
gradient descent
Optimization algorithm to improve performance. See
AI cost function.
Grok AI
A chatbot from xAI. See
xAI.
GPU (graphics processing unit)
The hardware required for AI processing. See
AI GPU,
GPU and
AI chip.
huge AI projects
See
Project Colossus and
Project Stargate.
image generation
Create original images. See
AI image generator,
GAN,
DALL-E,
Midjourney and
Stability AI.
influencer
Social media influencers that are not human. See
AI influencer.
intelligence
The term intelligence is used for everything in the tech world, not just AI. See
intelligence.
internal model development
Companies can create their own AI models with proprietary data. See
local LLM.
language model
The primary AI architecture. See
large language model,
small language model and
AI foundation model.
legislation
Plenty of talk about regulating AI but not a lot of action. See
AI legislation and
EU AI Act.
LLaMA
A large language model from Meta. See
LLaMA.
LLM
(large language model) An AI model that is trained on huge amounts of data. See
large language model and
small language model.
machine learning
The training phase of an AI model. See
machine learning.
mental health
AI is increasingly used to both support and replace human counseling. See
teletherapy.
model
The computed content of an AI system. See
AI model.
neural network
The primary architecture of AI. See
neural network,
convolutional neural network and
recurrent neural network.
NFT
Custom images are generated by AI. See
AI NFT.
NVIDIA
The premier AI chip company. See
NVIDIA,
Blackwell and
A100.
open source
The programming of AI systems may be available to everyone. See
open-source AI.
OpenAI
Creators of ChatGPT. AI research lab founded by Elon Musk and Sam Altman. See
OpenAI.
PaLM
A large language model from Google. See
PaLM.
poor AI quality
Low-quality results from a generative AI system. See
AI slop.
power consumption
AI uses a tremendous amount of electricity. See
AI power consumption and
small modular reactor.
prejudice
AI models can be biased. It depends on the data used to train it. See
AI bias.
programming
Everything in tech has to be programmed in one way or another. See
AI secret sauce,
AI programming and
Tensor core.
Project Colossus
Elon Musk's AI datacenter in Memphis, Tennessee. See
Project Colossus.
Project DIGITS
NVIDIA's desktop AI computer. See
Project DIGITS.
prompt engineer
A person who creates prompts for AI chatbots. See
AI prompt engineer.
quantum AI
AI on quantum computers. See
quantum AI.
R
Programming language for statistical computing, graphics and AI. See
R and
AskGPT.
RAG models
AI models that access external databases. See
retrieval-augmented generation.
reinforcement learning
An AI technique based on feedback. See
reinforcement learning.
repository
Hugging Face is the premier location for AI models and training data. See
Hugging Face.
robot
Robots use AI for machine vision and language understanding. See
robot,
Asimov's laws,
AIBO and
AI in a nutshell.
scams
If you thought crypto was susceptible to crimes; AI provides much greater opportunities. God bless technology! See
AI scams.
secret sauce
AI programming is like nothing before in the tech world, and there are many aspects to it. See
AI secret sauce.
similar systems
There have been several approaches to greater computer intelligence. See
AI types.
singularity
A future where people are no longer the inventors. See
technology singularity.
speech from thought
A future technology that interprets brain waves. See
AI speech-to-brain waves.
spring
The rise of AI. See
AI spring.
stages
There are many interpretations of the levels of achievement in AI. See
AI stages and
OpenAI AGI stages.
step-by-step reasoning
An ai model that provides step-by-step reasoning. See
AI reasoning model.
stock market prediction
AI uses pattern recognition to learn about everything including the stock market. See
An-E.
system
The system architecture of AI is the neural network, which has little resemblance to traditional data processing. See
neural network.
terminology
Like many new systems in the tech world, new words replace old ones (see
AI terminology).
text generation
Create original text. See
AI text generator.
therapy
Increasingly, people are using AI for counseling. See
AI therapy.
token
Tokens in AI are representations of text. See
AI token.
training
AI models are "trained." See
AI training.
transformer
A major advancement in neural network architecture. See
AI transformer.
Turing test
The first test to determine AI, which is somewhat archaic by today's standards. See
Turing test.
unexpected capabilities
AI can be used for many things. See
AI emergent properties.
ups and downs
AI has had its slow periods but is now the hottest tech on the planet. See
AI winter and
AI spring.
upscaling
Converting low-res video to hi-res via AI. See
AI upscaling.
upscaling video
Using AI to upscale video. See
AI upscaling.
use cases
How AI is used. See
AI use cases.
video generation
Create original video. See
AI video generator.
weapons
Using AI in warfare. See
smart weapon.
weights and biases
Values added to adjust the neurons in a neural network. See
AI weights and biases.
xAI
Elon Musk's AI company. See
xAI.