GLOSSARY

AI Glossary

Plain-language definitions for the AI era. Every term explained for real people, not researchers.

100 terms

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AI Agent

AIエージェント

An AI system that can autonomously plan, reason, and take actions to accomplish goals, often using tools and making decisions along the way.

Intermediate
AI Alignment

AIアライメント

The challenge of ensuring AI systems pursue goals and behaviors that are aligned with human intentions and values.

Intermediate
AI Automation

AI自動化

Using AI to automate repetitive tasks, workflows, and decision-making processes that previously required human effort.

Beginner
AI Chip

AIチップ

Specialized processors designed specifically for AI workloads, optimized for the matrix math that neural networks require.

Intermediate
AI Ethics

AI倫理

The study and practice of ensuring AI systems are developed and used responsibly, fairly, and transparently.

Beginner
AI Governance

AIガバナンス

The policies, regulations, and organizational structures that guide how AI systems are developed, deployed, and monitored.

Intermediate
AI Literacy

AIリテラシー

The ability to understand, use, and critically evaluate AI tools and their outputs, regardless of technical background.

Beginner
AI ROIAI ROI

AI投資対効果

The measurable return on investment from implementing AI solutions, comparing costs (development, compute, data) against business value gained.

Beginner
AI Regulation

AI規制

Laws and policies created by governments to control how AI systems are developed, deployed, and used in society.

Beginner
AI Safety

AI安全性

The research field focused on ensuring AI systems behave as intended and don't cause unintended harm.

Intermediate
AI Startup

AIスタートアップ

A new company that builds its core product or service around artificial intelligence technology.

Beginner
AIaaSAI-as-a-Service

サービスとしてのAI

Cloud-based platforms that provide ready-to-use AI capabilities via APIs, so businesses don't need to build models from scratch.

Beginner
APIAPI

アプリケーション・プログラミング・インターフェース

A set of rules and protocols that allow different software applications to communicate with each other.

Beginner
Agentic AI

エージェント型AI

AI systems that can plan, use tools, and take autonomous actions over multiple steps to accomplish complex goals.

Intermediate
Anthropic

アンソロピック

An AI safety company that builds Claude, focusing on creating AI systems that are helpful, harmless, and honest.

Beginner
AGIArtificial General Intelligence

汎用人工知能

A hypothetical AI system that can understand, learn, and perform any intellectual task that a human can, across all domains.

Intermediate
AIArtificial Intelligence

人工知能

Computer systems designed to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as understanding language, recognizing images, and making decisions.

Beginner
Attention Mechanism

アテンション機構

A technique that allows AI models to focus on the most relevant parts of the input when producing output, like how humans focus on key words in a sentence.

Advanced
Autonomous Systems

自律型システム

Systems that can operate and make decisions independently without human intervention, using AI to perceive and respond to their environment.

Intermediate
AVAutonomous Vehicle

自動運転車

A vehicle that can navigate and drive itself using AI, sensors, and cameras without human intervention.

Beginner

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