Generative AI
AI systems that generate new content, such as code, text, or explanations, rather than only classifying or scoring existing data.
Generative AI is the broader category that includes code assistants, chatbots, and content-generation tools. It is distinct from predictive and classification machine learning, which scores or predicts against existing data rather than generating new content. Tools like IBM Bob and the IBM i MCP Server are not predictive-modeling features; Bob generates code and the MCP Server connects agents to data, neither trains or scores a predictive model.
Related Terms
Large Language Model (LLM)
A machine learning model trained on large volumes of text, used as the underlying technology behind generative AI tools including IBM Bob and general-purpose assistants like ChatGPT and Claude.
Foundation Model
A large, general-purpose AI model trained on broad data and then adapted, through prompting, tuning, or fine-tuning, to specific tasks such as RPG code generation.