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Day 1/42: What is Generative AI?
Most people jumped straight to “LLMs” in 2022… and skipped the map. That’s why terms like tokens, embeddings, and hallucinations feel like magic spells.
Today we start with the umbrella: Generative AI.
Not “AI that knows things”. AI that generates new content that looks human made: text, images, code, audio.
Here’s the simple ladder to keep in your head:
AI → Machine Learning → Deep Learning → (NLP) → Generative AI → LLMs
If you’ve ever thought “why did ChatGPT answer like that?”, this series is your fix. No math, no code, just the vocabulary that makes everything click.
Tomorrow: we define what an LLM actually is.
I’m Louis-François, PhD dropout, now CTO & co-founder at Towards AI. Follow me for tomorrow’s no-BS AI roundup 🚀
#GenerativeAI #AIExplained #LLM #short
Day 1/42: What is Generative AI?
Most people jumped straight to “LLMs” in 2022… and skipped the map. That’s why terms like tokens, embeddings, and hallucinations feel like magic spells.
Today we start with the umbrella: Generative AI.
Not “AI that knows things”. AI that generates new content that looks human made: text, images, code, audio.
Here’s the simple ladder to keep in your head:
AI → Machine Learning → Deep Learning → (NLP) → Generative AI → LLMs
If you’ve ever thought “why did ChatGPT answer like that?”, this series is your fix. No math, no code, just the vocabulary that makes everything click.
Tomorrow: we define what an LLM actually is.
I’m Louis-François, PhD dropout, now CTO & co-founder at Towards AI. Follow me for tomorrow’s no-BS AI roundup 🚀
#GenerativeAI #AIExplained #LLM #short
