Skip to content

AI Buzzwords Explained

Simple, everyday definitions for AI and automation terms. No PhD required.

AI Agent

general

Example:

An AI agent could read your inbox, summarize new emails, and send replies on your behalf.

Related: FAQ Guides

AI Image Generator

tools

Example:

A blogger can use an AI image generator to create custom illustrations for posts.

Related: FAQ Guides

AI Writing Tool

tools

Example:

Tools like Jasper or Copy.ai help marketers draft ad copy and product descriptions.

Related: FAQ Guides

API (Application Programming Interface)

technical

Example:

An API allows Zapier to connect Gmail with Slack.

Related: FAQ Guides

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

general

Example:

Using AI, a calendar app can automatically suggest meeting times based on everyone’s availability.

Related: FAQ Guides

Automation

practical

Example:

An automation could take new email attachments and save them to Google Drive automatically.

Related: FAQ Guides

ChatGPT

tools

Example:

ChatGPT can draft an email reply in seconds when you paste the incoming message.

Related: FAQ Guides

Content Generation

practical

Example:

A YouTuber might use AI content generation to draft video scripts.

Related: FAQ Guides

Fine-Tuning

technical

Example:

A company fine-tuned GPT-4 with its internal support documents to create a custom helpdesk bot.

Related: FAQ Guides

Hallucination

practical

Example:

When an AI writes a fake citation for a research paper, that is a hallucination.

Related: FAQ Guides

Large Language Model (LLM)

technical

Example:

ChatGPT is a Large Language Model trained to generate and understand text.

Related: FAQ Guides

Neural Network

technical

Example:

A neural network can learn to recognize handwritten numbers by adjusting weights between its nodes.

Related: FAQ Guides

No-Code

practical

Example:

Using Zapier, you can connect Gmail and Slack without writing a single line of code.

Related: FAQ Guides

Make (formerly Integromat)

tools

Example:

Make can pull data from a form, process it, and upload it to Google Sheets in real-time.

Related: FAQ Guides

Low-Code

practical

Example:

In Airtable, you can set up workflows with drag-and-drop blocks but also add custom code if needed.

Related: FAQ Guides

Overfitting

technical

Example:

A model that memorizes its training data but fails to predict new data correctly is overfitting.

Related: FAQ Guides

Personalization (AI)

practical

Example:

AI can personalize newsletters by suggesting articles based on each reader’s past clicks.

Related: FAQ Guides

Prompt Engineering

practical

Example:

By asking “Write me a 3-step business plan for a coffee shop” instead of “Tell me about coffee,” you are doing prompt engineering.

Related: FAQ Guides

Repurposing Content

practical

Example:

An AI tool can turn a podcast transcript into a blog post and a Twitter thread.

Related: FAQ Guides

Social Media Automation

practical

Example:

AI tools can automatically schedule Instagram posts at the times with the highest engagement.

Related: FAQ Guides

Token

technical

Example:

The phrase “AI is fun” uses four tokens: AI | is | fun.

Related: FAQ Guides

Transformer

technical

Example:

GPT-4 and GPT-5 are based on the transformer architecture, which uses attention to focus on relevant parts of input data.

Related: FAQ Guides

Voice Cloning

tools

Example:

A podcaster could use voice cloning to generate an intro in their own voice without re-recording.

Related: FAQ Guides

Zapier

tools

Example:

With Zapier, a new Gmail message can automatically create a task in Trello.

Related: FAQ Guides

Workflow

general

Example:

An AI workflow might listen for new emails, summarize them, and save the summary in Notion.

Related: FAQ Guides

Virtual Assistant (AI)

general

Example:

A virtual assistant can schedule meetings or remind you of deadlines automatically.

Related: FAQ Guides

Categories

Learn How to Use These

Our free Starter Pack shows you how to use these terms in practice.

Want More Depth?

Get detailed explanations with real examples in our complete AI guide.

Explore Guide