generative

adjective

gen·​er·​a·​tive ˈje-nə-rə-tiv 

ˈjen-rə-tiv,

ˈje-nə-ˌrā-tiv 

: having the power or function of generating, originating, producing, or reproducing

… Elizabeth Gilbert dives into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity.

—Camryn La Sala

… her gift is essentially organizational rather than generative.

—Martin Filler

: such as

a

biology : of or relating to the production of offspring

vegetative and generative plant growth

the generative organs of mammals

see also generative cell, generative nucleus

b

computing : using artificial intelligence algorithms to create complete units of content (such as text compositions, images, audio, or video) based on a broad corpus of material

Unlike the phone's predictive text feature, ChatGPT is said to be generative (the G in GPT).

—JoElla Carman and Jasmine Cui

see also generative AI

Examples of generative in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The natural-language capabilities of generative AI are so user-friendly that even CEOs, who typically are not early adopters, experiment with it. —Byrodney Zemmel, Fortune, 15 May 2024

Plenty of businesses have used generative AI since large language models found widespread commercial application nearly two years ago. —Adam Gale, Fortune Europe, 14 May 2024

Skeptics thought generative artificial intelligence was a big threat to Google, a tech giant that makes most of its money through its ever-popular search engine. —Laura Bratton, Quartz, 13 May 2024

Technologists Todd Terrazas, Max Einhorn, Mike Gioia and Ian Eck have posed a challenge to nine up-and-coming filmmakers: create short films using generative AI in only 48 hours. —Jack Dunn, Variety, 11 May 2024

Since last summer, she's been piloting two competing software applications that use large-language models and generative artificial intelligence to listen in on, transcribe and summarize her conversations with patients. —Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024

The update to Siri is at the forefront of a broader effort to embrace generative A.I. across Apple’s business. —Cade Metz, New York Times, 10 May 2024

Newsom then referred to an announcement from Thursday that state agencies plan to use generative artificial intelligence to help with highway congestion, language access and health care inspections. —Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024

But the movie may be remembered more for the controversy surrounding its use of cutaway graphics created by generative artificial intelligence tools. —Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing generative

• generative AI
• generative artificial intelligence
• generative cell
• generative grammar
• generative nucleus
• generative semantics

Medical Definition

generative

adjective

gen·​er·​a·​tive ˈjen-(ə-)rət-iv  -ə-ˌrāt- 

: having the power or function of propagating or reproducing

generative organs