GistGarden

Concepts, made simple.

Every tricky AI & ML idea — explained in 60 seconds with a monster that acts it out.

Attention monster
AI

Attention

Attention is a mechanism that lets a model focus on the most relevant parts of input data when making predictions.
Deep Learning monster
AI

Deep Learning

Deep Learning is a type of machine learning that uses many-layered neural networks to automatically learn patterns from vast amounts of data.
Gradient Descent monster
AI

Gradient Descent

Gradient Descent is an optimization algorithm that iteratively adjusts parameters to minimize a loss function by moving in the direction of steepest descent.
Large Language Model monster
AI

Large Language Model

A Large Language Model is an AI trained on vast text data to predict and generate human-like text.
Machine Learning monster
AI

Machine Learning

Machine Learning is a way for computers to learn from data without being explicitly programmed for every task.
Neural Network monster
AI

Neural Network

A neural network is a computer system inspired by the brain that learns patterns from data to make decisions or predictions.
Transformer monster
AI

Transformer

A Transformer is a neural network architecture that processes all parts of a sequence simultaneously using self-attention, revolutionizing AI tasks like language translation and text generation.
Embedding monster
AI

Embedding

Embedding is a way to turn words, images, or other data into a list of numbers that captures their meaning and relationships.
GAN monster
AI

GAN

A GAN pits two neural networks against each other to generate new, realistic data from scratch.
Overfitting monster
AI

Overfitting

Overfitting is when a model learns the training data too perfectly, including its noise, and fails to generalize to new data.
Reinforcement Learning monster
AI

Reinforcement Learning

Reinforcement Learning is a type of machine learning where an agent learns to make decisions by taking actions in an environment to maximize a reward signal.
Fine-tuning monster
AI

Fine-tuning

Fine-tuning is the process of taking a pre-trained AI model and further training it on a smaller, specific dataset to adapt it for a particular task.
Hallucination monster
AI

Hallucination

Hallucination is when an AI makes up confident-sounding but false information.
Prompt Engineering monster
AI

Prompt Engineering

Prompt engineering is the practice of designing and refining input prompts to get the best possible output from an AI language model.
RAG monster
AI

RAG

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is a technique that lets AI models look up external information before answering, making their responses more accurate and up-to-date.