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Term             Common abbreviation                Plain-language explanation


                                                                    Predicting a number or continuous
                 Regression                      -                value; called numerical forecasting in

                                                                                this chapter.

                                                                  Performing well on training examples
                 Overfitting                     -
                                                                          but poorly on new ones.


                                                                   The ability to succeed on new cases
               Generalization                    -
                                                                    that were not seen during training.

                                                                  Examples used during development to
               Validation set                    -                compare versions and settings before

                                                                              final evaluation.

                                                                  Examples held back from training and
                   Test set                      -
                                                                         used for final evaluation.


                                                                    A change in the data or operating
                Dataset shift                    -                       environment that reduces
                                                                      performance after deployment.


                                                                   A system that works with more than
            Multimodal system                    -               one type of input, such as text, images,
                                                                              audio, and files.


                                                                     Accepting an automated output
              Automation bias                    -                 because it is presented confidently,
                                                                         without adequate review.


                                                                    A model trained broadly and then
                                                                     adapted to many tasks, used as a
             Foundation model                    -
                                                                  general-purpose starting point rather

                                                                           than built for one job.

                                                                 A tuning stage in which people compare
                                                                 candidate  answers  and  the  model  is
               Learning from
                                                 -               adjusted  toward  the  ones  they
              human feedback
                                                                 preferred;  it  shapes  helpfulness,  not
                                                                 truth.













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