Generative AI & language models
Transfer learning
Definition
Using knowledge learned for one task to improve performance on a related new task.
Visual example
Transferred skills = transfer learning
The kitchen connection
Think of a chef transferring skills to a new cuisine.
The illustration connects the AI idea to something familiar. Follow the subject, the action, and the result to see how it works.
- 01 · Who or what
- Transferred skills = transfer learning
- 02 · What happens
- Reuses knowledge from another task
- 03 · The result
- Learns a new task faster
Why it matters
It lets useful knowledge carry from one task into a related task.