AI glossary / The basics
Multimodal
An AI that handles more than one kind of input or output, such as text, images, audio and video, not just words.
More words in The basics
- Narrow AIAI built for one job, such as filtering spam or recommending films. Every AI in use today is narrow to some degree.
- Natural language processingThe field of getting computers to understand and produce human language.
- Recommendation systemAI that suggests what you might like next, such as films on Netflix or products on Amazon. Probably the AI you use most without noticing.
- SuperintelligenceA hypothetical AI far smarter than humans at nearly everything. It doesn't exist.
- Turing testA classic test of whether a machine can pass as human in conversation. Once a milestone, now seen as a weak measure of intelligence.