Understanding the concepts of Foundation Models, Large Language Models and Artificial General Intelligence

Decoding the AI jargon

Since the advent of ChatGPT in November 2022, Generative AI became one of the hottest topics to talk about. It is worth noticing that research in the AI and generative AI domains has been going on for years; yet, the incredible usability and performance of ChatGPT filled the gap between research and the general user.

In the rapidly evolving world of AI, it’s easy to get lost in a sea of buzzwords and jargon. Three terms that have gained significant attention in recently are Foundation Models, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). In this article, we will go through the meaning of all of them as well as the relationship among them.

Foundation Model

A foundation model is a type of pre-trained AI model that can be fine-tuned for various specific tasks. These models are trained on massive amounts of data and can be adapted to perform a wide range of tasks, such as natural language processing, translation, and content generation.

Some of the main features of foundation models include:

1. Pre-training: Foundation models are pre-trained on massive amounts of data…