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    Agentic Systems

    Agentic AI

    Agentic AI refers to AI systems that can plan, take multi-step actions, and use tools autonomously to achieve a goal, rather than just responding to a single prompt.

    Core Concepts

    AI Hallucination

    AI hallucination is when an AI model confidently generates information that sounds plausible but is factually incorrect or entirely made up.

    Core Concepts

    Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the field of computer science focused on building systems that can perform tasks — like recognizing speech, making decisions, or generating text — that normally require human intelligence.

    Training & Fine-tuning

    Fine-tuning

    Fine-tuning is the process of further training an existing AI model on a smaller, specific dataset so it performs better on a particular task or domain.

    Model Types

    Generative AI

    Generative AI refers to AI systems that create new content — text, images, audio, video, or code — rather than just analyzing or classifying existing data.

    Model Types

    Large Language Model (LLM)

    A Large Language Model (LLM) is an AI model trained on massive amounts of text that can understand and generate human-like language, such as GPT, Claude, or Gemini.

    Core Concepts

    Machine Learning (ML)

    Machine Learning (ML) is a branch of AI where systems learn patterns from data and improve at a task without being explicitly programmed for every rule.

    Core Concepts

    Neural Network

    A neural network is a machine learning model structure loosely inspired by the human brain, made of layers of connected nodes that learn to recognize patterns in data.

    Prompt Engineering

    Prompt Engineering

    Prompt Engineering is the practice of crafting clear, specific instructions for an AI model to get accurate, useful, and consistent responses.

    Model Types

    Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

    Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a technique that lets an AI model look up relevant information from your own documents before answering, instead of relying only on what it was trained on.

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