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Generalization
AI Glossary Term
What does “
Generalization
” mean?
Definition
How well a model performs on new, unseen data outside the training set.
Related terms
Overfitting
When a model memorizes training data and performs poorly on unseen inputs.
Continual Learning
Training approaches that let a model keep learning from new data without forgetting prior knowledge.
Data Augmentation
Techniques that create modified training examples to improve model generalization.
Algorithmic Transparency
How clearly an AI system's logic, data sources, and limitations are documented and understandable.
Calibration
How well a model's confidence scores match actual correctness probabilities.
Evaluation Set
A held-out dataset used to measure model quality after training.
Learn more in our free guides
Grokking and Delayed Generalization
See also
GAN (Generative Adversarial Network)
Generative AI
Function Calling
Gradient
Foundation Model
Gradient Descent
Fine-Tuning
Ground Truth
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