Research Guides
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| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | A machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. (National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020) |
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| Generative AI | Generative AI can be thought of as a machine-learning model that is trained to create new data, rather than making a prediction about a specific dataset. A generative AI system is one that learns to generate more objects that look like the data it was trained on. (MIT News). |
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| Large Language Models (LLM) | A machine learning model that aims to predict and generate plausible language. Autocomplete is a language model, for example. (Google) |
The A to Z of Artificial Intelligence The Emerging Types of Language Models and Why They Matter What is LLM? |
| Machine Learning | The process of using computers to detect patterns in massive datasets and then make predictions based on what the computer learns from those patterns. (U.S. Department of Energy) | DOE Explains... Machine Learning U.S. Department of Energy |
Explained: Generative AI