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AI_ASSISTED_DEVOPS DAY-0

Day 0

🧠 1. Traditional AI (Rule-Based AI)

✔️ Definition
Traditional AI refers to systems that follow fixed rules, logic, and pre-programmed instructions.
They cannot learn from data automatically; you must write the rules manually.

✔️ Example
“If user enters wrong password 3 times → lock the account.”
ATM machine logic
Traffic signal control
Chess engine rules
✔️ Simple Explanation

Traditional AI = Hard rules written by humans
No creativity, no learning.

🤖 2. Generative AI (GenAI)

✔️ Definition
Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content such as text, images, music, code, videos, etc., based on patterns learned from data.

✔️ Example
ChatGPT creating answers
Midjourney creating images
GitHub Copilot writing code
DALL·E generating photos

✔️ Simple Explanation
Generative AI = AI that creates.
It learns from large datasets and produces original content.

📚 3. LLM (Large Language Model)

✔️ Definition
An LLM is a Generative AI model trained on huge amounts of text so it can understand and generate natural language like a human.

It can:
answer questions
write code
summarize text
translate languages
chat naturally

✔️ Examples of LLMs

GPT-4, GPT-5 (OpenAI)
Claude 3 (Anthropic)
Gemini (Google)
LLaMA (Meta)

✔️ Simple Explanation
LLM = a smart AI that understands and writes language like humans.

🤖 4. What is an AI Agent?

✔️ Definition
An AI Agent is an AI system that can think, decide, and take actions automatically to complete a task using tools or external systems.

It doesn’t just chat —
it performs actions.

✔️ What an agent can do?

check system health
write and run code
call an API
read files
solve tasks step-by-step
automation (DevOps, IT operations, HR tasks)

✔️ Simple Explanation

AI Agent = AI that acts like a worker.
It can plan a task and execute steps on its own.

💬 5. Examples of Chatbots & Assistants

✔️ Chatbots (Basic)

These follow rules or basic AI:
Website customer support bot
Banking chatbot (balance, mini statement)
Swiggy/Zomato bot
Airline inquiry bot

✔️ AI Assistants (Advanced)

These use Generative AI or LLMs:
ChatGPT
Google Gemini Assistant
Microsoft Copilot
Alexa / Siri
GitHub Copilot (coding assistant)

✔️ Simple Explanation

Chatbot = answers questions
Assistant = helps you complete tasks

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