ChatGPT, the AI chatbot from OpenAI, which has an uncanny ability to answer any question, was likely your first introduction to AI.
From writing poems, resumes, and fusion recipes, the power of ChatGPT has been compared to autocomplete on steroids.
But AI chatbots are only one part of the AI landscape. Sure, having ChatGPT help you do your homework or having Midjourney create fascinating images of mechs based on country of origin is cool, but its potential could completely reshape economies. According to McKinsey Global Institute, that potential could be worth $4.4 trillion to the global economy annually, which is why you should expect to hear more and more about artificial intelligence.
New terms are popping up everywhere as people become more accustomed to a world intertwined with AI. So whether you're trying to sound bright over drinks or impress in a job interview, here are some critical AI terms you should know.
This glossary will continuously be updated.
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Artificial general intelligence, or AGI: A concept that suggests a more advanced version of AI than we know today, one that can perform tasks much better than humans while teaching and advancing its capabilities.
AI ethics: Principles aimed at preventing AI from harming humans, achieved through determining how AI systems should collect data or deal with bias.
AI safety: An interdisciplinary field concerned with the long-term impacts of AI and how it could progress suddenly to a superintelligence that could be hostile to humans.
Algorithm: A series of instructions that allows a computer program to learn and analyze data in a particular way, such as recognizing patterns, to learn from it and accomplish tasks independently.
Alignment: Tweaking an AI to produce the desired outcome better. This can refer to anything from moderating content to maintaining positive interactions with humans.
Anthropomorphism: When humans tend to give nonhuman objects humanlike characteristics…