Generative AI and how to use it

Generative AI refers to a subset of artificial intelligence programs that are capable of creating content that is similar to what humans can produce. These systems use training from very large datasets to learn their patterns, styles, and structures. Then, they can generate entirely new content, such as synthesized images, music, and text.

Using GenAI as consumer or end-user is very easy, and as a technical person, you probably have already done it. There are many consumer-facing AI products. The most famous is OpenAI’s ChatGPT, but there are many others that have hundreds of millions of users every day, such as Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini (formerly Bard), and Midjourney. As of October 2023, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, is making GenAI services available to all its users, increasing the number of GenAI daily users to billions.

While the concept of GenAI has existed for a while, it gained a lot of users...