What is Generative AI?

It's a fundamental shift in what AI can do. For decades, AI was primarily for analyzing and understanding the world. Generative AI is different. It creates.

It All Starts with a "Prompt"

Generative AI doesn't create from nothing. It needs a "seed" of inspiration provided by a human. This instruction, called a prompt, is the starting point for the entire creative process.

Example 1: Text Generation

When given a text prompt, a Large Language Model (LLM) generates a new, original sequence of words. It can write poems, emails, essays, and summaries by predicting the most likely next word, over and over.

Example 2: Image Generation

Using a Diffusion Model, the AI takes a text prompt and creates a completely new image from digital noise. It sculpts pixels into a coherent picture that matches the description.

Example 3: Code and Beyond

The same principle applies to more structured data. Generative AI can write computer code in any language, compose original music, or even design new molecular structures for scientific research.

A New Partnership

Generative AI represents a new paradigm of human-computer collaboration. It's a powerful tool that amplifies human creativity, allowing us to generate and explore ideas at an unprecedented scale.