Generative Artificial Intelligence

In order to understand what Generative Artificial Intelligence is, we first need to understand what Artificial intelligence is. Artificial intelligence (AI)  refers to machines, and especially computer systems, doing tasks with human-like intelligence. AI enabled technologies are employed in many different fields, from manufacturing, transportation and medicine to banking, surveillance and entertainment, to name a few. You encounter them in daily life in examples like Alexa, Siri, facial recognition on your phone, voice-to-text messaging and autocorrection, getting directions from Google maps, rideshares like Uber app, recommendations for movies to watch on Netflix, ads that pop up in Facebook that are based on your search histories, online banking, and much more.

Here are two videos that give an overview of Artificial Intelligence:

Generative AI (GenAI) is a branch of artificial intelligence that can be used to create new content, such as text (for example, a recipe, cover letter, poem, short story, summary, etc.), programming code or artwork (for example, mimicking a certain painter's style).

It uses algorithms and neural network to learn patterns and relationships in data and generate new outputs based on that learning.

It is different from traditional AI, which relies on analysis and prediction. GenAI can create novel content by drawing on the huge amount of data that it has been trained on.

Here is a video that gives an overview on what GenAI is: