# 🧠 Dan’s AI Terminology Tracker

This past weekend - in between kids’ birthday parties, cake, and chaos - I pulled together something I’ve been meaning to build for a while:

🎯 A **visual, open source AI terminology tracker** - designed to help make sense of the rapidly evolving language around AI, ML, Generative AI, and the Microsoft AI ecosystem.

As someone diving deep into **Azure AI Foundry**, I kept running into scattered definitions, mismatched documentation, and “what does that mean again?” moments. So I did what we do - I built a tool.

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## 🗺️ What It Is

The tracker is a **Markmap-powered mind map** that organizes:

* AI/ML learning paradigms
    
* LLM and Generative AI concepts
    
* MLOps and GenAIOps workflows
    
* Data pipelines and infrastructure
    
* Microsoft-specific tools like Azure OpenAI, Prompt Flow, AI Studio, and more
    
* Ethics, governance, and emerging regulations like the EU AI Act
    

It’s designed to be **clickable, skimmable, and useful** whether you’re a beginner or deep in the Azure AI space.

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## 🔗 Explore It

* **Live Map:** [ai-terms.daniel.mcloughlin.cloud](https://ai-terms.daniel.mcloughlin.cloud)
    
* **GitHub Repo (open to contributions):** [github.com/clouddevdan/dans-ai-terminology-tracker](https://github.com/clouddevdan/dans-ai-terminology-tracker)
    

> 💬 Got a term I’ve missed? A better link? Open a PR or raise an issue - it’s a living resource.

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## 🚧 A Few Notes

* It’s still a **work in progress** — expect regular updates
    
* It leans toward the **Microsoft ecosystem** — by design
    
* Built with ❤️, Markdown, Markmap, and the 30 minutes between party clean-up and bedtime
    

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Thanks for checking it out - and if it helps clarify something along your AI learning journey, I’d love to hear about it!