AI Terms Dictionary

Definition

Embeddings are dense vector representations of data where semantic relationships are preserved in geometric space. By converting categorical or high-dimensional inputs into fixed-length vectors, models can process them efficiently. Similar items cluster together, enabling algorithms to understand context and similarity without explicit rule-based programming, forming the foundation of modern natural language processing and computer vision systems.

Summary

A technique that maps discrete objects like words or images into continuous vector spaces.

Key Concepts

• Vector Space
• Semantic Similarity
• Dimensionality Reduction
• Continuous Representation

Use Cases

• Natural Language Processing tasks like sentiment analysis
• Recommendation systems for user-item matching
• Image retrieval based on visual similarity

Code Example

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import numpy as np
# Simulating a simple embedding lookup
embeddings = np.random.rand(100, 128)
word_index = 5
vector = embeddings[word_index]

Related Terms

• Word2Vec
• Transformer
• Latent Space
• Vector Database