AI Plain English

Part of the AI, Plain English series, AI jargon explained for Australian small business owners. What Does “AI Model” Actually Mean? An AI model is the trained system that does the actual work when you use an AI tool. GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, Gemini 1.5, these are all models. Think of the model as the engine….

Part of the AI, Plain English series, AI jargon explained for Australian small business owners. What Does “Fine-Tuning” Actually Mean? Fine-tuning is the process of taking an existing AI model and continuing its training on a smaller, specific dataset, so the model learns to behave differently for a particular task or style. It’s how you’d…

Part of the AI, Plain English series, AI jargon explained for Australian small business owners. What Does “Large Language Model” Actually Mean? A large language model, LLM for short, is a type of AI that works by predicting text. Feed it a prompt, and it generates a response one word at a time, each word…

Part of the AI, Plain English series, AI jargon explained for Australian small business owners. What Is an AI Agent? An AI agent is software that doesn’t just answer questions, it takes actions on your behalf: searching the web, sending emails, booking appointments, or running multi-step tasks without you manually triggering each step. The Plain…

Part of the AI, Plain English series, AI jargon explained for Australian small business owners. What Is Prompt Engineering? Prompt engineering is the skill of giving AI clear, specific instructions so you get useful output instead of generic waffle, no coding required, just better communication. The Plain English Explanation A “prompt” is just what you…

Part of the AI, Plain English series, AI jargon explained for Australian small business owners. What Is AI Hallucination? AI hallucination is when an AI tool confidently gives you information that is completely wrong, made-up facts, fake quotes, invented sources, presented as if they’re real. The Plain English Explanation Here’s what actually happens. When you…

Vibe coding lets you build software by describing what you want in plain English — no programming required. A big deal for small businesses who previously needed to pay a developer for simple tools.

Part of the AI, Plain English series, AI jargon explained for Australian small business owners. What Is Responsible AI? Responsible AI is the set of principles and practices for using artificial intelligence in ways that are safe, fair, transparent, and accountable, and increasingly, what regulators and customers expect businesses to be able to point to….

A context window is how much an AI can hold in its working memory at once. When you hit the limit, it forgets earlier parts of your conversation — here’s what that means for your business.

Part of the AI, Plain English series, AI jargon explained for Australian small business owners. What Is a Token? A token is the basic unit AI uses to measure and process text, roughly three-quarters of a word. Every pricing page for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini uses this term to tell you how much you’re being…