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What is Generative AI And Can It Create Original Content?
Understanding How It Works and Evaluate its Creativity
From OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google and Facebook throwing their hats into the ring, the tech giants are all over it. Photoshop, Roblox, Amazon… everybody jumps on the bandwagon with their new Generative AI features and people started creating content in ways we could only dream of a decade ago.
But while Generative AI is making its way into all industries, the question becomes: Can it really create something original?
In this post, I’ll try to cut through the hype and explore what generative AI is, how it works, and whether its creations can be considered original.
Understanding Generative AI
Generative AI refers to a type of artificial intelligence that is capable of generating content such as images, text, or music. The term “generative” emphasizes the ability to create new content by learning and utilizing patterns and relationships from training data.
Hence the term “AI model”: because this process builds a mathematical model that represents the patterns and relationships found in the training data.
