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Generative AI exists because of the transformers

In the world of artificial intelligence, a force has revolutionized the way we think about and interact with machines: Transformers. No, not those shape-shifting toys that morph into trucks or fighter jets! Transformers let AI models track relationships between chunks of data and derive meaning — mu…

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In the world of artificial intelligence, a force has revolutionized the way we think about and interact with machines: Transformers. No, not those shape-shifting toys that morph into trucks or fighter jets! Transformers let AI models track relationships between chunks of data…

Context

In the world of artificial intelligence, a force has revolutionized the way we think about and interact with machines: Transformers. No, not those shape-shifting toys that morph into trucks or fighter jets! Transformers let AI models track relationships between chunks of data and derive meaning — much like you deciphering the words in this sentence. It’s a method that has breathed new life into natural language models and revolutionized the AI landscape. Also read: 8 key features of natural language processing

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Analysis

Also read: The transformative power of generative AI in automation Generative AI (GenAI) analyzes vast amounts of data, looking for patterns and relationships, then uses these insights to create fresh, new content that mimics the original dataset. It does this by leveraging machine learning models, especially unsupervised and semi-supervised algorithms. So, what actually does the heavy lifting behind this capability? Neural networks. These networks, inspired by the human brain, ingest vast amounts of data through layers of interconnected nodes (neurons), which then process and decipher patterns in it. These insights can then be used to make predictions or decisions. With neural networks, we can create diverse content, from graphics and multimedia to text and even music. The input is a sequence of tokens, which can be words or subwords, extracted from the text provided. In our example, that’s “Good Morning.” Tokens are just chunks of text that hold meaning. In this case, “Good” and “Morning” are both tokens, and if you added an “!”, that would be a token too.

Key Points

  • Generative AI refers to a branch of artificial intelligence that focuses on generating new content based on patterns and examples from existing data.
  • Generative AI involves training a model using large datasets and algorithms, enabling it to produce near original contents that expand on the patterns it has learned.

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Revel Cheng (r.cheng@btw.media)· author profile pending