Basics

Algorithm

A set of step-by-step instructions for solving a problem. In machine learning, the training algorithm is the recipe for learning from data, and the model is what that recipe produces. People often say algorithm when they mean model.


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Computer vision

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Context window

The maximum amount of text, measured in tokens, a model can take into account at once, including your prompt, any file…

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