Artificial intelligence
From the basics of AI and how it learns to generative models, agents, everyday use and safety. Read one concept, then follow the links to the technologies around it.
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Agents, tools and coding: the words you meet when you hand work to AI.
- AI agentAn AI that, given a goal, makes its own plan and uses tools to finish a job with many steps.
- Tool callingA setup where an AI asks, in a fixed format, for an outside tool such as search or a calculator, then uses the result to answer.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)An open standard that gives AI one common way to connect to outside tools and data.
- Agent skillA bundle of instructions, reference material and small programs that tells an AI agent how to do a certain kind of job.
- PluginA small add-on program that plugs into an existing program and gives it new features.
- Multi-agent systemA way for several AI agents to split roles and work together on one job.
- Coding agentAn AI agent that reads program code, fixes it, runs it, and tests the result on its own.
- Vibe codingA way of making software where you describe what you want in words and the AI writes the program, instead of you writing code.
- No-codeA way to build apps and automations by dragging things around on a screen or describing them in words, without writing code.
- Command-line interface (CLI)A way of controlling a computer by typing text commands instead of pressing buttons.
- Computer useA feature that lets an AI look at the screen and move the mouse and keyboard to use a computer the way a person does.
- WorkflowA job split into several steps and linked so it flows in a set order.
- RAG (retrieval-augmented generation)A method where the AI first finds and reads related material, then answers based on it.
- AI searchSearch that reads many articles and writes an answer to your question, instead of showing a list of links.
- API (application programming interface)A connection point that one program opens so other programs can use its features.
- Software development kit (SDK)A toolkit a company provides so developers can easily connect its service to their own programs.
- Model routerA service that connects AI models from many companies through one doorway and sends each request to a suitable model.
- Latency and throughputThe time from asking an AI until an answer starts to appear, and how fast the answer then pours out.
- Local AIAI that runs on your own computer or phone instead of on a company's faraway servers.
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