What is Generative AI?

The advent of LLMs allows us to use AI models directly that were previously trained. Meaning you can use them right away without needing to train them yourself. This is called "Generative AI" because the model can generate new content based on the input you provide.

You will see many terms around generative AI, like "thinking", "reasoning", or "understanding". To be clear AI models do not actually think, reason, or understand in the way humans do. Instead, they analyze patterns in the data they were trained on and generate responses based on those patterns.

LLM models are like very advanced autocomplete systems. When you type a few words, they predict what comes next based on the vast amount of text they have been trained on. This allows them to generate coherent and contextually relevant responses.

Even given the limitations such systems are still incredibly powerful and useful for a wide range of applications, from drafting emails to writing code, creating art, creating logos, writing music, writing stories, creating code via AI Coding Agents and much more.