AI & Digital Society- Vocab Flashcards

AI Chatbots

Computer programs that use generative AI to interact w/ customers in ways that mimic human interactions

AI Algorithm

An advanced set of instructions that improves a machine’s performance over time

Cobots (collaborative robots)

Assist human workers or other robots in various tasks such as assembly, material handling, & quality inspection

Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR)

Moves around w/ advanced sensors & navigation systems to autonomously perform tasks

Virtual Assistants

Answers basic questions & resolving simple issues around the clock

Language Model

Learns from text (recognizes voice, optical characters, and handwriting) that’s been collected from existing info. & produces original text by predicting the next word in text response

AI Prompt

Natural human language instructional text that offers starting points for performing specific tasks

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Natural way of speaking to a computer for users to understand & reply to

Prompt Engineering

Covers entire process of interaction between humans and AI, including prompts for AI models to generate desired responses

AI Chatbot Outputs

bulleted/numbered list

paragraphs

quizzes

emails

specific language

certain number of words

summaries

table formats

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)

Combines reinforcement learning techniques (rewards and comparisons) w/ human guidance & feedback

Machine Learning (ML)

a way for computers to learn to recognize patterns from many examples & to make decisions, w/out being directly programmed w/ specific rules for every decision

Perceptron

inspired by the structure of the human brain & created as a basic model for an artificial neuron

AI Winter

refers to a period of reduced funding, interest, & progress in the field of AI

Computer Vision (CV)

a field of AI that allows computers to perceive & understand the world around them, just like a human, while using cameras, data, and algorithms to replicate vision

Natural Language Processing

focuses on listening to basic spoken words & reading typed text to interpret their meaning

Keyword Spotting

detects keywords or phrases used in audio recordings & typed text

Deep Learning

a type of machine learning that teaches computers to handle data in a way that resembles human brain functions

Big Data

massive amount of information fed to machine learning models

Commercial Data Protection

common in most businesses when it comes to securing your company’s information

Artificial General Intelligence

refers to a type of AI that can understand, learn, & apply knowledge in a way that’s indistinguishable from human intelligence

Datasets

a collection of information

Structured Data

when combining parallel rows of data, you build a larger dataset in predefined format

Big Data

Volume

Velocity

Variety

Veracity

Value

Volume

sheer amount of structured data is massive

Velocity

data is generated & collected at a rapid pace

Variety

data comes in many formats

Veracity

data accuracy & how much it can be relied on

Value

truth worth of data must often be uncovered by techniques that expose its hidden value

Data Center

is a physical facility designed to house & operate computer systems & related components

Semantic searching

used to find most relevant information

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

a business strategy that involves using technology & process to collect, store, & analyze customer data to understand customer needs & preferences better

ChatGPT Strengths

customer service

virtual assistants

content creation

education

Customer service

chatbots can address typical customer questions, offer assistance, & even solve customer problems

Virtual Assistants

personal assistants like Siri use ChatGPT to understand & respond to voice commands

Content Creation

ChatGPT can help w/ tasks such as writing articles, creating tables, generating creative content, holding conversations, & even translating languages

Education

ChatGPT can be used to create personalized tutoring experiences & answer students questions

Surprised Learning Methods

type of machine learning where a model is trained on a dataset of prompts & their corresponding desired results

Claude AI

a powerful LLM w/ wide range of potential applications

Perplexity AI

demonstrates proficiency in retrieving information from reliable sources & offering appropriate citations w/ an easy-to-use interface

Computer Vision

a field of AI that facilitates devices to analyze images & videos

Graphics Processing Units

handles graphical images much faster than previous components

Pixels

represents basic digital units of visual media

Feature Extraction

finds patterns in an image that can be used to describe or classify it

Scene Understanding

concentrates on interpreting the context of a scene in a picture or video

Spatial Understanding

analyzes how these objects relate to one another

Activity Recognition

interprets the “context” or what might be happening in the image

Context Recognition

puts all the pieces together w/ the bigger picture to understand the scene

Reflection

the way light reflects off an object

Generative Fill

a technique used in digital image editing that employs AI to create new image content based on existing information

Generative AI Models

Style Transfer

the process of transferring the distinctive style of one image to another image generated by AI

Amazon Lens

lets customers upload an image to search for a product similar or identical to something they found elsewhere

Overcorrection

an AI model, trained on a dataset w/ biases, overcompensates for those biases, leading to unexpected or undesirable results