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Concepts

Context Window

Context Window

A context window is how much data an AI model can hold in memory at once.

Token

Token

A token is the basic unit of a Large Language Model's vocabulary.

Training

Fine Tuning

Fine Tuning

Fine tuning is the process of taking a pre-trained AI model and specializing it for your specific use case.

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)

RLHF is the final training step that turns a knowledgeable but rambling AI into the helpful assistant you know and love.

Training Dataset

Training Dataset

Training datasets are the examples you show an AI model so it can learn to recognize patterns and make predictions.

Inference

Hallucination

Hallucination

AI hallucination is when AI models confidently generate information that's completely made up or wrong.

Inference

Inference

Inference is a fancy term that just means using an ML model that has already been trained.

Prompt Engineering

Prompt Engineering

Prompt engineering is the art of talking to AI models in a way that gets you the results you actually want.

RAG

RAG

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a way to make LLMs like GPT-4 more accurate and personalized to your specific data

Reasoning

Reasoning

AI reasoning is how artificial intelligence systems solve problems, think through complex situations, and draw conclusions from available information.

Model Architecture

Neural Network

Neural Network

Neural networks are the mathematical brains behind modern AI—think of them as simplified versions of how your actual brain processes information.

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