AI vocabulary in plain English

Understand inference, prompts, latency, and the English used to discuss AI products.

AI conversations mix everyday English with technical meanings. Start with the words that describe what a model does, what you ask it to do, and how quickly it responds.

The AI Words pack contains 106 words. Start with these examples, then practice the full collection in the app.

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inference

the process of running a trained model to get predictions or outputs

latency

delay between request and response; how long you wait

prompt

the instructions or text you give an AI to get a response

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After reading a technology announcement, explain what the model does using inference, prompt, and latency. Keep the explanation to three sentences.

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