Glossary of AI Terminology

Cognitive offloading – The use of external tools to reduce the mental effort required for a task. Over-reliance on AI may lead to reduced memory retention and increase dependency on technology.

LLM – a sophisticated AI system trained on massive datasets to recognize, summarize, and generate human-like text by calculating the mathematical probability of word sequences.

Generative AI – a branch of artificial intelligence designed to create entirely new content—such as text, images, audio, or code—by learning and mimicking the underlying patterns of the data it was trained on.

AI Hallucination – a phenomenon where a generative model confidently produces factually incorrect, nonsensical, or disconnected information while presenting it as an established truth.

Bias – when an algorithm produces systematically prejudiced results due to skewed training data, flawed mathematical assumptions, or human prejudices embedded during the development process.

Data Governance – a strategic framework of defined roles, policies, and standards that ensures an organization’s data remains high-quality, secure, compliant, and accessible throughout its entire lifecycle.