Glossary

AI words in plain English

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A

Accountability: Being responsible for a decision or result and able to explain it. With AI, a person or organisation must answer for what the system does.
Algorithm: A set of step-by-step instructions a computer follows to solve a problem.
Artificial intelligence (AI): Software that learns patterns from many examples and uses them to make predictions, decisions or new content.
Automation: A machine or software doing a task by itself by following fixed rules. Not all automation is AI.

B

Bias: When a system treats some people or groups unfairly, often because the data it learned from was unbalanced.

C

Chatbot: A program you talk to by typing or speaking, which replies in conversation.
Commencement order: An official order that brings a law, or part of it, into force on a set date.
Computer vision: AI that works with images and video, such as reading X-rays or recognising objects.
Context: Background facts you give an AI tool so it can produce a useful answer.
Cybercrime: Crime committed using computers or the internet, such as fraud, hacking or online harassment.

D

Data: Facts and records, such as numbers, words, images or sounds, that computers can store and process.
Data centre: A building full of computers, storage and network equipment with reliable power and cooling.
Data protection: Rules and practices that keep personal data safe and used only for proper purposes.
Data sovereignty: The idea that data about a country's people is stored and controlled under that country's laws.
Dataset: A collection of data used to train or test an AI system.
Deepfake: Fake audio, video or images made with AI to look or sound like a real person.
Digital ID (e-ID): An electronic identity card that can be checked digitally to prove who you are.
Digital wallet: An app on a phone used to pay and receive money.
Disclosure: Openly saying that you used AI, for example in school work.
Drone: A small aircraft flown without a pilot on board, often used to take pictures from above.

E

Ethics: Ideas about what is right, fair and responsible.

F

Fraud detection: Systems that look for unusual or suspicious transactions.

G

Generative AI: AI that creates new text, images, audio or video in response to a prompt.
GIS (Geographic Information System): Software that makes and analyses maps from data.

H

Hallucination: When an AI tool gives a false answer as if it were true.
Human in the loop: A setup where a trained person checks or approves what the AI produces before it is used.

I

Internet Exchange Point (IXP): A place where local internet networks connect so local traffic can stay local.

L

Large language model (LLM): A type of AI trained on huge amounts of text that can read and write language.

M

Machine learning: A way of building AI where the computer learns patterns from examples instead of being given every rule.
Model: The trained part of an AI system that turns inputs into outputs.
MoU (Memorandum of Understanding): A written statement of intent between parties, usually signed before a final contract.

N

Natural language processing (NLP): AI that works with human language, such as translation or summarising.

O

Open Educational Resource (OER): Teaching material that can be freely shared and reused.

P

Personal data: Any information that identifies a living person, such as a name with an ID number, address, photo or health record.
Phishing: A fake message designed to trick you into giving information or money.
Precision farming: Using data, maps and sensors to treat each part of a field according to its needs.
Prompt: The question or instruction you give an AI tool.

R

Robotics: Building and using machines that can sense and move to do tasks.

S

SBA (School-Based Assessment): Coursework marked as part of a CXC examination.
Sovereign AI cloud: AI computing and data storage kept within a country's borders and control.

T

Training data: The examples an AI system learns from.
Two-step verification: A second check, such as a code sent to your phone, when you log in.

V

Voice cloning: Using AI to copy the way a particular person sounds.

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