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AI words, explained simply

Every word you will meet while learning AI, in easy language. Read them here, or hear them used in the Practice Chat.

AI
A computer helper you can talk to. It reads your words and writes back.ChatGPT and Claude are two well-known AIs.
Chatbot
An AI you talk to in a chat, like texting. You write, it replies.
AI helper
Our friendly name for the AI in a chat. It helps with ideas, words, and plans.
Prompt
The message you send to an AI. Your question or your ask.Make me a plan for tomorrow is a prompt.
Reply
The AI's answer to your message.
AI mistake
When AI says something wrong but sounds sure. It happens. You can say: I think that is wrong.Grown-ups call this a hallucination.
Practice chat
A pretend AI chat that is safe to try. Every reply is written ahead of time, so nothing surprising can happen.AbleMakers practice chats work this way.
Image generator
An AI that paints pictures from your words. You describe, it draws.
Voice assistant
An AI you talk to out loud, like Siri or Alexa. It listens and speaks back.
Account
Your own space in an app, opened with an email and a password. A person you trust helps set one up.
Password
The secret words that open your account. Only you and a person you trust know it. An AI never needs it.
Private information
Things that stay with people you trust: your address, phone number, passwords, and money details.
Scam
A trick to take your money or secrets. Trick signs: hurry up, keep it secret, send money, give your password.
Robot helper
An AI you teach with your own words: rules to remember and a job to repeat. No code needed.