The AI Dictionary

Modern AI is confusing. We explain the tech in plain English so you can use it to build your business.

Video & Visuals

Inpainting

Erasing a specific part of an image (like a hand) and having AI fill it in realistically.

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Outpainting

Extending the borders of an image (zooming out) by generating new consistent pixels around the edges.

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Upscaling

Turning low-res images into 4K quality by using AI to predict and add missing details.

See Upscalers →

Auto-Captioning

AI that transcribes audio to text and syncs it with video, often adding animations.

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Text-to-Video

Generating a video clip from scratch using only a written prompt (e.g. "A cat in space").

Try InVideo →

Faceless Channel

A social media account where the creator never shows their face, using stock/AI assets.

Read Guide →

B-Roll

Supplementary footage used to break up "talking head" shots and keep viewers engaged.

Aspect Ratio

The shape of the video. 9:16 is Vertical (TikTok), 16:9 is Horizontal (YouTube).

Audio & Voice

Voice Cloning

Using a sample of a voice to train an AI to speak any new text in that exact voice.

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TTS (Text-to-Speech)

Converting written text into spoken audio. Modern AI adds emotion and breath.

Best TTS Tools →

Latency

The time delay between input text and audio output. Critical for real-time agents.

Speech-to-Speech

You speak into a mic, and the AI repeats your words in a different voice (e.g., Male to Female).

Dubbing

Translating a video's audio into another language while preserving the original voice.

Wav file

Uncompressed audio format. Best for uploading samples for voice cloning.

Writing & Detection

Hallucination

When AI confidently states false information as fact.

Fix AI Writing →

Burstiness

Variation in sentence length. Humans have high burstiness; AI is monotonous.

Beat Detectors →

Perplexity

How "surprised" a model is by text. Low perplexity = likely AI. High perplexity = likely Human.

Increase Perplexity →

Prompt Engineering

Structuring instructions to get the best possible output from an AI model.

Chain of Thought (CoT)

Asking AI to "think step by step" to improve accuracy on complex tasks.

Zero-Shot

Asking an AI to do something without giving it examples first.

Business & Web

Autonomous Agent

AI that performs a loop of tasks (Research -> Draft -> Email) without human help.

See Agents Guide →

No-Code

Building software or websites using visual tools instead of code.

No-Code Builders →

API

Application Programming Interface. Allows two apps (like Zapier and OpenAI) to talk.

LLM

Large Language Model. The tech behind ChatGPT that predicts the next word.

RAG

Retrieval-Augmented Generation. AI looking up your private documents before answering.

Fine-Tuning

Training a model on specific data (e.g. medical records) to make it an expert.

SaaS

Software as a Service. Monthly subscription tools like OpusClip or Midjourney.