generative

[ jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv ]

/ ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv /

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adjective

capable of producing or creating.

pertaining to the production of offspring.

Linguistics.

of or relating to generative grammar.
using rules to generate surface forms from underlying, abstract forms.

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Origin of generative

1375–1425; late Middle English <Middle French generatif,Late Latin generātīvus.See generate, -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM generative

gen·er·a·tive·ly, adverbgen·er·a·tive·ness, nounin·ter·gen·er·a·tive, adjectivenon·gen·er·a·tive, adjective

un·gen·er·a·tive, adjective

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Generation Jones, Generation X, Generation XL, Generation Y, Generation Z, generative, generative cell, generative grammar, generative phonology, generative semantics, generative-transformational grammar

How to use generative in a sentence

They found they were unable to create an accurate medical AI system when they tried to make a diverse synthetic data set through the combination of differential privacy and generative adversarial networks.
These creepy fake humans herald a new age in AI|Karen Hao|June 11, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Researchers from the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence announced on Tuesday the release of their own generative deep learning model, Wu Dao, a mammoth AI seemingly capable of doing everything GPT-3 can do, and more.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 5)|Singularity Hub Staff|June 5, 2021|Singularity Hub
For example, he and his colleagues have developed what he calls generative teaching networks, which learn what data they should generate to get the best results when training a model.
AI is learning how to create itself|Will Douglas Heaven|May 27, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The system, which was detailed in a paper published in IEEE Xplore in February, uses a generative adversarial network, or GAN, to create fake faces.
This AI Uses Your Brain Activity to Create Fake Faces It Knows You’ll Find Attractive|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|March 18, 2021|Singularity Hub

For example, quantum computing could be used to run a generative machine learning model through a larger dataset than a classical computer can process, thus making the model more accurate and useful in real-world settings.
These five AI developments will shape 2021 and beyond|Jason Sparapani|January 14, 2021|MIT Technology Review
If a series is telling a story that matters to us, the loss of a main character can be jarring but generative.
Life After TV Death: How Shows Like ‘Game of Thrones’ Kill Your Favorite Characters|Phillip Maciak|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He called the rules of this device universal grammar, and his method of studying the rules he called generative grammar.
What Is Michel Gondry Doing With Noam Chomsky?|Jimmy So|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I sensed that I found a symbol for generative grammar, and I worked on the [theory of] recursivity in my animation.
What Is Michel Gondry Doing With Noam Chomsky?|Jimmy So|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So, geometry elaborates a lot on recursivity in generative grammar.
What Is Michel Gondry Doing With Noam Chomsky?|Jimmy So|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The cash-generative printing division had about $25 billion of sales.
Why Hewlett-Packard Should Consider Breaking Up|Rob Cox, Robert Cyran|December 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The generative facts which created them are the same which are always in operation about us.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
It was also said to indicate a union of Osiris and Isis, and was regarded as a symbol of the generative principle of nature.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
Others have recognized it as representing the generative principle of mankind, making it the symbol of the female.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
At one time the symbolism is broad, and refers to generative nature in general.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races|Sanger Brown, II
At another time it refers solely to the human generative organs.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races|Sanger Brown, II

British Dictionary definitions for generative

generative

/ (ˈdʒɛnərətɪv) /

adjective

of or relating to the production of offspring, parts, etca generative cell

capable of producing or originating

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