AI Words Made Simple

The rules and values that guide how AI should be built and used — making sure it's fair, safe, honest, and helpful for everyone.

A step-by-step set of instructions that tells a computer exactly what to do — like a recipe for a robot.

When computers are programmed to think, learn, and solve problems in ways that seem almost human.

When a computer or machine does a job automatically, without a human having to do it each time.

When an AI unfairly favors certain things over others because of the examples it learned from.

A computer program that can have a text conversation with you, almost like texting a very smart friend.

When AI can 'see' and understand images and videos, just like your eyes and brain work together.

AI tools specifically designed to help with creative work — making art, music, writing, and video.

Any information that a computer can store, read, and learn from — like numbers, words, pictures, or sounds.

A big organized collection of data that AI uses to learn from — like a giant library of examples.

A type of AI that learns by looking at huge amounts of examples, finding patterns in layers — like peeling an onion to find deeper and deeper meanings.

A type of AI that creates images by starting with random noise (like static on a TV) and slowly turning it into a clear picture.

AI that can create brand new things — like writing stories, drawing pictures, composing music, or making videos — that didn't exist before.

When an AI confidently says something that sounds true but is actually made up or wrong.

When AI can look at a picture and figure out what's in it — like identifying a cat, a flower, or your face.

The information or question you give to an AI — what you type, say, or show it to get a response.

An AI that has read enormous amounts of text and learned how words, sentences, and ideas connect — so it can understand and write language.

A very powerful AI that has been trained on enormous amounts of text and can understand and generate human language at an expert level.

When a computer learns from examples and gets better over time — without being told exactly what to do each step of the way.

The 'brain' of an AI — the result of all that training and learning, stored as a file that can answer questions and create things.

The ability of AI to understand, read, and write human language — like English — the way we naturally speak and write it.

A computer system inspired by the human brain, made of layers of connected 'neurons' that work together to recognize patterns and make decisions.

When the code behind a program is shared publicly so anyone can read it, use it, and improve it.

The result or answer that an AI gives you after you give it an input — like the story it writes or the image it creates.

The millions (or billions!) of tiny numbers inside an AI model that it adjusts during training to get better at its job.

When AI finds repeating shapes, sounds, or ideas in data — like noticing that rainy days often come after cloudy skies.

The tiniest dot of color in a digital image. Every photo and AI-generated image is made of millions of tiny pixels.

The instruction, question, or description you type into an AI tool to tell it what you want it to do or create.

The skill of writing really good instructions for AI tools so you get the best possible results.

AI that studies what you like and suggests new things you might enjoy — like a friend who always knows what to recommend.

A way AI learns by trying things, getting rewards for good actions and penalties for bad ones — just like earning points in a video game.

A physical machine that can move and do tasks in the real world — sometimes controlled by AI, sometimes by simple programs.

When AI can listen to your voice and turn what you say into text or commands — like a super-fast transcriptionist.

AI that reads your written description and creates a picture based on what you described.

AI that reads written text out loud in a human-sounding voice.

The process of teaching an AI by showing it millions of examples so it can learn patterns and get better at its job.

A type of AI architecture (design) that's really good at understanding the context and meaning of words in a sentence.

A famous test where a human tries to figure out if they're talking to a person or an AI — if they can't tell the difference, the AI passes!

The visual design of an app or website — the buttons, menus, colors, and layout that you see and click on.

An AI helper you can talk to or type to — it can answer questions, set reminders, play music, and much more.

AI technology that can copy someone's voice from a short recording and then say anything in that voice.

A number inside an AI model that controls how much importance the AI gives to different pieces of information.