AI Glossary
- Agent: An entity that perceives and acts in an environment.
- Algorithm: A set of rules or instructions designed to solve a problem.
- AlphaGo: An AI program developed by DeepMind to play the board game Go.
- Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): A hypothetical AI that exhibits human-like intelligence.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI): Intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to natural intelligence shown by humans and animals.
- Artificial Neural Network (ANN): A computing system inspired by biological neural networks.
- Autoencoder: A type of neural network used for learning efficient codings of unlabeled data.
- Autonomous Vehicles: Vehicles equipped with AI to operate without human intervention.
- Backpropagation: A method used in ANNs for training the network.
- Bayesian Network: A probabilistic model representing a set of variables and their conditional dependencies.
- Bias: In AI, a systematic error in predictions.
- Big Data: Extremely large data sets that can be analyzed computationally.
- Binary Classification: A type of classification task with two possible outcomes.
- Chatbot: A software application used to conduct an online chat conversation.
- Clustering: The task of grouping a set of objects in such a way that objects in the same group are more similar to each other.
- Cognitive Computing: Systems that mimic human brain functioning.
- Computer Vision: A field of AI that trains computers to interpret and understand the visual world.
- Convolutional Neural Network (CNN): A type of deep neural network used in image recognition and processing.
- Data Mining: The process of discovering patterns in large data sets.
- Data Science: A field that uses scientific methods to extract knowledge and insights from data.
- Decision Tree: A model used for decision making and prediction.
- Deep Learning: A subset of machine learning using deep neural networks.
- DeepMind: A company specializing in AI research.
- Dimensionality Reduction: The process of reducing the number of random variables under consideration.
- Ensemble Learning: Methods that combine multiple machine learning models to improve performance.
- Evolutionary Algorithm: Algorithms inspired by the process of natural selection.
- Expert System: A computer system that emulates the decision-making ability of a human expert.
- Feature: An individual measurable property of a phenomenon being observed.
- Feature Extraction: The process of reducing the amount of resources required to describe a large set of data.
- Feature Selection: The process of selecting a subset of relevant features for model construction.
- Federated Learning: A machine learning approach where the model is trained across multiple decentralized devices.
- GAN (Generative Adversarial Network): A class of machine learning frameworks.
- Genetic Algorithm: A search heuristic that mimics the process of natural selection.
- Gradient Descent: An optimization algorithm used for minimizing a function by iteratively moving in the direction of steepest descent.
- Graph Neural Network (GNN): A type of neural network which directly works on a graph structure.
- Heuristic: A technique designed for problem-solving or discovery.
- Hyperparameter: A parameter whose value is used to control the learning process.
- Image Recognition: The ability of AI to identify objects, places, people, writing, and actions in images.
- Imbalanced Data: A problem in machine learning where the classes are not represented equally.
- Inference: The process of using a trained model to make predictions.
- K-means Clustering: A type of unsupervised learning used for clustering.
- Knowledge Base: A collection of knowledge in a computer-readable format.
- Language Model: A model that predicts the likelihood of a sequence of words.
- Linear Regression: A linear approach to modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.
- Logistic Regression: A statistical model that uses a logistic function to model a binary dependent variable.
- Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM): A type of recurrent neural network used in deep learning.
- Machine Learning (ML): A type of AI that allows software applications to become more accurate at predicting outcomes.
- Model: In AI, an abstraction representing the relationship between inputs and outputs.
- Natural Language Processing (NLP): A field of AI focused on the interaction between computers and humans through natural language.
- Neural Network: A network of artificial neurons used in machine learning.
- Object Detection: A computer technology related to computer vision and image processing.
- OpenAI: An AI research lab.
- Optimization: The process of making something as effective as possible.
- Overfitting: A modeling error which occurs when a function is too closely fit to a limited set of data points.
- Perceptron: A type of artificial neuron.
- Precision: A measure of a model's accuracy in classification.
- Predictive Analytics: The use of data, statistical algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes.
- Principal Component Analysis (PCA): A technique used to emphasize variation and bring out strong patterns in a dataset.
- Probabilistic Reasoning: The process of using probability inference to make decisions.
- Python: A programming language commonly used in AI and machine learning.
- Q-learning: A form of model-free reinforcement learning.
- Random Forest: An ensemble learning method for classification and regression.
- Recurrent Neural Network (RNN): A type of neural network where connections between nodes form a directed graph along a temporal sequence.
- Reinforcement Learning: A type of machine learning where an agent learns to behave in an environment by performing actions and seeing the results.
- Robotics: A field related to AI, concerned with the design, construction, and operation of robots.
- Semi-supervised Learning: A learning process that combines a small amount of labeled data with a large amount of unlabeled data during training.
- Sentiment Analysis: The use of NLP to systematically identify, extract, and study affective states and subjective information.
- Sequential Data: Data that is logically ordered and indexed in time.
- Sigmoid Function: A mathematical function having a characteristic "S"-shaped curve.
- Silicon Valley: A region in the U.S. known for its high concentration of tech companies.
- Simulated Annealing: A probabilistic technique for approximating the global optimum of a given function.
- Speech Recognition: The ability of a machine to identify words and phrases in spoken language.
- Stochastic Gradient Descent: A version of gradient descent where the batch size is one.
- Structured Data: Data that adheres to a pre-defined data model and is therefore easy to analyze.
- Supervised Learning: A type of machine learning where the model is trained on labeled data.
- Support Vector Machine (SVM): A supervised machine learning model used for classification and regression analysis.
- TensorFlow: An open-source software library for machine learning.
- Test Data: Data used to test a model after it has been trained.
- Text Mining: The process of deriving high-quality information from text.
- Time Series Analysis: A method for analyzing time series data to extract meaningful statistics and characteristics.
- Training Data: Data used to train a model.
- Transfer Learning: A research problem in machine learning that focuses on storing knowledge gained while solving one problem and applying it to a different but related problem.
- Turing Test: A test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.
- Unstructured Data: Data that does not have a pre-defined data model or is not organized in a pre-defined manner.
- Validation Data: Data used to tune the parameters of a classifier and to provide an unbiased evaluation of a model fit.
- Variable: Any characteristic, number, or quantity that can be measured or quantified.
- Vector Space Model: A model for representing text documents as vectors of identifiers.
- Watson: An AI system developed by IBM.
- Weight: In neural networks, a parameter that determines the strength of influence of one neuron on another.
- XAI (Explainable AI): AI that is programmed to describe its purpose, rationale, and decision-making process.
- YOLO (You Only Look Once): A real-time object detection system.
- Zero-shot Learning: The ability of a machine learning model to recognize objects and concepts it has not been trained on.
- Zettabyte: A unit of digital information storage used to denote the size of data.
- Activation Function: A function in a neural network that determines whether a neuron should be activated.
- Batch Learning: A type of machine learning where the model is trained using the entire dataset at once.
- Cloud Computing: The delivery of computing services over the internet.
- Data Augmentation: Techniques used to increase the amount of data by adding slightly modified copies of already existing data or newly created synthetic data.
- Embedding: A representation of data where elements of similar type are close in the embedding space.
- Loss Function: A function that maps an event or values of one or more variables
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