Understanding Generative AI

Zahid Parvez
4 min readMar 19, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a transformative force in our lives, revolutionizing how we live and work. Long before the advent of generative AI, AI technologies were integral in various sectors, from automating routine tasks to enhancing decision-making processes. However, the emergence of generative AI, particularly popularized by tools like ChatGPT, has brought a new dimension to the AI landscape. Generative AI’s ability to produce new, original content goes beyond the mere pattern recognition and classification that discriminative AI models offer. This shift has made it increasingly important to understand generative AI and its potential impacts on our lives, as it not only augments existing AI capabilities but also introduces novel ways of interaction, creativity, and problem-solving in the digital age.

Robot writing a book.. created by Generative AI

Generative AI vs Discriminative AI

The distinction between generative and discriminative AI models is crucial for understanding their unique capabilities and applications.

Discriminative AI models excel in identifying, classifying, and predicting outcomes based on given data. They are adept at distinguishing between different classes of data, making them ideal for tasks like spam detection in emails or image recognition.

On the other hand, generative AI models take a step further by not just analyzing data…

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Zahid Parvez

I am an analyst with a passion for data, software, and integration. In my free time, I also like to dabble in design, photography, and philosophy.