Glossary

Being honest and responsible in your schoolwork. With AI, this means understanding when and how it’s okay to use tools like ChatGPT and giving proper credit when you do. 

A generative AI tool that helps you create images or graphics from simple text prompts. It’s often used in design and media courses.

A period when progress and funding in AI research slowed down due to high expectations that weren’t met. There have been two major “AI winters” in history.

A field of computer science focused on building systems that can perform tasks that usually require human intelligence—like understanding language, recognizing patterns, or solving problems.

Your ability to use digital tools (like AI) effectively, ethically, and confidently—for learning, communication, and problem-solving.

A type of AI that can create new content (like text, images, music, or code) in response to a prompt or question. Tools like ChatGPT and Adobe Firefly are examples of GenAI.

A branch of AI that allows computers to “learn” from data and improve their performance over time without being explicitly programmed for every task. 

A short, focused certification that proves you’ve learned a specific skill—like how to use AI responsibly or how to write better prompts.

A type of machine learning model inspired by the human brain. It helps power deep learning, which is used in tools like ChatGPT and image recognition software.

A set of U.S. government guidelines to help people use AI responsibly. It focuses on building AI systems that are trustworthy, fair, and safe (National Institute of Standards and Technology).

The input you give an AI tool to tell it what you want. For example, typing “summarize this article” or “create a logo of a sunrise” is giving a prompt. 

The skill of writing clear and specific prompts to get better, more accurate responses from generative AI tools.

A famous thought experiment introduced by Alan Turing in 1950 to ask, “Can a machine think?” It measures a machine’s ability to act like a human in conversation.