Appendix 1

Overview of Generative AI

Before we run into technical details and discuss how to build generative AI applications, let’s spend some time and go back to the fundamentals. We’ll try to keep this Appendix short and practically oriented; you’ll find many links to additional materials at the end if you’re interested in digging a little bit deeper.

Here, we’re going to cover the following topics:

• What is generative AI?
• What are large language models (LLMs), why do they hallucinate, and why do they require alignment?
• Current trends around generative AI
• Adopting generative AI in your enterprise