Lesson 2 of 87 min
Learning goal: Tell predictive machine learning apart from generative AI — and recognize mixed products.
Machine learning learns patterns from examples to classify, score, predict or recommend. Generative AI creates new content token by token, so repeated requests may differ. Modern products may combine prediction, retrieval and generation.
One system gives an 87% fraud score; another writes the customer explanation.
Calling every automation generative AI.
Classify three tools as predictive, generative, retrieval or mixed.
Curated workflow shortcuts from the Academy library — not necessarily native Claude commands.
Is every ML system a chatbot?
Answer: No.