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The Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AI
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The Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AI

by David Clinton
August 2024
Beginner to intermediate
240 pages
5h 26m
English
Manning Publications
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Appendix A. Important definitions and a brief history

I’m afraid there’s no way around it: if we want to get the full benefits of AI, we’re going to have to swallow hard and absorb some serious concepts. Technology is complicated by design, and AI is a particularly complicated subset of technology. The good news is that we’re not trying to qualify as physicists and engineers, so a very basic grasp of these ideas and their history will work just fine for our purposes. But prepare for some turbulence all the same.

Some critical AI definitions

To get you started, figure A.1 is helpful diagram illustrating the complex relationships between the many computational elements behind generative AI models.

Figure A.1 A left-to-right–oriented mindmap of ...

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