From the course: Generative AI: Introduction to Large Language Models

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What is generative AI?

What is generative AI?

- [Instructor] In the dynamic landscape of artificial intelligence, one topic has taken center stage and captured the imagination of both researchers and the public. Generative AI is the buzzworthy superstar of the AI world, and for good reason. Generative AI is a game changer, a technological leap that allows machines to not only process and analyze data, but to also create, imagine and dream. It's as if AI has developed a form of digital creativity, producing art, music, and content that is both impressive and eerily human-like. In case you're wandering, yes, the image you're looking at was created using generative AI. So what exactly is generative AI? At a high level, we can think of generative AI as an approach to artificial intelligence that is focused on creating content or synthetic data, such as videos, pictures, text, and sound. A natural follow-up question is, what is artificial intelligence or AI? AI is a…

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