Artificial Intelligence Glossary
Understand the main terms and concepts of the AI world.
A
API
Application Programming Interface. Allows different systems to communicate with each other.
AI Agent
A system that uses AI to plan and execute multiple steps or tools toward a goal.
Automation
Use of rules and tools to perform repetitive tasks with little manual intervention.
B
Bias
A systematic tendency that can favor or harm groups, ideas or results.
C
ChatGPT
OpenAI's language model capable of generating human-like text in conversations.
Claude
AI assistant developed by Anthropic, focused on safety and usefulness.
Composition
Arrangement of elements and empty space in an image to guide attention.
Context
Information about scenario, audience and goal that helps AI answer appropriately.
Context window
Amount of information a model can consider at once during a conversation.
E
Embedding
Numerical representation of text that captures its semantic meaning.
F
Fine-tuning
Process of adjusting a pre-trained model for a specific task.
G
GPT
Generative Pre-trained Transformer. OpenAI's language model architecture.
Guardrail
A rule or limit that reduces errors, risks and unwanted AI behavior.
H
Hallucination
When an AI model generates false or invented information that appears true.
L
LLM
Large Language Model. Language models trained on large amounts of text.
M
Multimodal
A model or workflow that can work with text, images, audio, video or other modalities.
N
n8n
Open-source workflow automation and integration platform.
P
Prompt anatomy
Breaking a request into clear parts such as subject, context, style, composition and format.
Prompt
Instruction or question given to an AI model to guide its response.
Prompt Engineering
The art of creating effective prompts to get better results from AI models.
R
RAG
Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Combines information retrieval with text generation.
T
Traceability
Ability to link a claim to the source or evidence that supports it.
Token
Basic unit of text processed by language models (can be a word or part of it).
Temperature
A control that usually changes how varied and unpredictable a model's response is.
Transformer
Neural network architecture that revolutionized natural language processing.
V
Vector Database
Database optimized for storing and searching vector embeddings.
Z
Zero-shot
Ability of a model to perform tasks without prior specific examples.