JargonA batch is a group processed together, and its size is a real decisionThe word turns up in training and in serving with different meanings, and in the first of those the number…Dec 30, 2025 · 3 min read
JargonMultimodal means one system takes more than one kind of inputThe term describes an architecture rather than an ability, several quite different arrangements are sold…Dec 28, 2025 · 3 min read
JargonFoundation model was a naming decision, and it was argued about immediatelyThe term was proposed to describe a genuine shift in how systems are built, the objections to it were…Dec 22, 2025 · 3 min read
JargonA hyperparameter is a setting somebody chose, and the choosing is where results come fromThe division between values a model learns and values a person picks is the most consequential distinction…Oct 20, 2025 · 3 min read
JargonAgent is a word from one field being used to sell something from anotherThe term has a precise technical history, a loose current usage and a marketing usage, and telling which…Oct 16, 2025 · 3 min read
JargonInductive bias is what a model assumes before it has seen anythingEvery learning system carries built-in preferences about which explanations to favour, learning is…Oct 14, 2025 · 3 min read
JargonGround truth is a confident name for something people had to agree onThe phrase borrowed from surveying implies a fact against which everything else is measured, and in most…Oct 10, 2025 · 3 min read
JargonA scaling law is a curve fitted to past runs, not a promise about the next oneThe observed relationships between computation, data, model size and prediction error are empirical…Oct 7, 2025 · 3 min read
