AI Basics

How AI actually works, in plain words.

Infographic: What Is AI?. How a language model learns patterns and builds an answer.
Beginner

What Is AI?

How a language model learns patterns and builds an answer.

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Infographic: What Is Machine Learning?. How computers learn from examples instead of being told every rule.
Beginner

What Is Machine Learning?

How computers learn from examples instead of being told every rule.

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Infographic: What Is an LLM?. A robot brain that learns patterns in words and predicts what comes next.
Beginner

What Is an LLM?

A robot brain that learns patterns in words and predicts what comes next.

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Beginner

What Is a Prompt?

The question or instruction you give an AI.

Infographic: What Is a Token?. The little pieces of text an AI reads and writes, one at a time.
Intermediate

What Is a Token?

The little pieces of text an AI reads and writes, one at a time.

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Infographic: What Is Training Data?. The examples an AI learns from. Good examples make a good AI.
Beginner

What Is Training Data?

The examples an AI learns from. Good examples make a good AI.

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Infographic: What Is Fine-Tuning?. Giving a trained AI extra practice on a special job.
Intermediate

What Is Fine-Tuning?

Giving a trained AI extra practice on a special job.

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Infographic: What Is RAG?. How the robot looks things up before it answers.
Intermediate

What Is RAG?

How the robot looks things up before it answers.

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Infographic: What Are AI Agents?. AI that can take actions and use tools to get things done.
Intermediate

What Are AI Agents?

AI that can take actions and use tools to get things done.

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Infographic: What Is Hallucination?. When an AI sounds sure but makes something up.
Beginner

What Is Hallucination?

When an AI sounds sure but makes something up.

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