Agency Dictionary
Generative
adjectivePronunciation: /ˈdʒen.ər.ə.t̬ɪv/
In Portuguese: Generativo
Technology & AIWhat does “Generative” mean?
Having the power, capability, or functional property of originating, producing, generating, or synthesizing new content, information, or biological life.
Etymology
From Middle English generatyve, which can be read as generate plus -ive and corresponds to French génératif. The base is Latin generare, "to beget, to produce", from genus, "birth, kind". The word first referred to procreation and the power to produce offspring. Linguistics uses it for a grammar that states the rules able to produce all the sentences of a language, and computing for systems that produce new text, images or sound from what they have learned.
Usage note
Outside biology and linguistics the word was rare until it became attached to artificial intelligence. In GPT it is the first word of "generative pre-trained transformer".
Synonyms
- productive
- creative
- originative
- fertile
Word family
- generate
- generation
- generator
- generatively
- regenerate
Usage examples
Can you tell us a little bit about why you decided to quit your job as a Generative Pre-Trained Model?
Concepts
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Source editions
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