generative

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

adjective

1. capable of producing or creating.

2. pertaining to the production of offspring.

3. Linguistics.

   1. of or relating to generative grammar.

   2. using rules to generate surface forms from underlying, abstract forms.

generative

/ ˈdʒɛnərətɪv /

adjective

1. of or relating to the production of offspring, parts, etc

   a generative cell

2. capable of producing or originating

Other Word Forms

• generatively adverb
• generativeness noun
• intergenerative adjective
• nongenerative adjective
• ungenerative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of generative¹

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

Example Sentences

Further, unlike generative AI chatbots, these humanoids must operate in the physical world and deal with changing light, temperature, humidity and other variables.

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Supporters of generative AI works have compared machine learning by computers to the way humans learn by reading, hearing and seeing previous works.

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Recently a song called “Walk My Walk” attributed to an entity called Breaking Rust, which was created by an obscure songwriter using generative AI, hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart.

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It also set off a spending race among all the big tech companies seeking to carve out their own place in generative AI.

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Mental-health experts say this distress illustrates the emerging risks of generative AI that can simulate human speech and emotion.

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