The AI Dictionary
AI words explained in plain English, with an example for each. Search, pick a letter, or filter by topic.
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- AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)A hypothetical AI that could learn and do almost any mental task a human can.
- AI (Artificial Intelligence)Software that can do tasks we normally connect with human thinking, like understanding language, recognising images or making decisions.
- AI AgentAn AI system that can take steps on its own to reach a goal, not just answer one question.
- AlgorithmA set of step-by-step instructions a computer follows to solve a problem.
- APIA way for two pieces of software to talk to each other.
- Aspect RatioThe shape of an image or video, written as width to height, like 16:9 or 9:16.
- AutomationLetting software do repetitive tasks for you, automatically.
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- Canva (AI features)An online design platform that includes AI tools for generating and editing images and video.
- ChatbotA program you talk to in a conversation, by typing or speaking.
- Computer VisionThe part of AI that lets computers understand images and video.
- Context WindowHow much text an AI model can “keep in mind” at once.
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- Machine LearningThe way most AI learns: by finding patterns in examples instead of following hand-written rules.
- ModelThe trained “brain” of an AI tool: the file that has learned patterns and produces results.
- MultimodalAI that can work with more than one type of input or output, like text, images, audio and video.
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