GenAI Model Taxonomy Playground · UIUC Edition

Explore the ecosystems, training recipes, architectures, and lineages that shape today's generative AI landscape. Mix and match filters, follow family trees, and translate technical terminology into practical classroom language.

This teaching companion was crafted for University of Illinois cohorts to ground GenAI vocabulary in authentic classroom moves, helping facilitators move from buzzwords to confident instruction.

Timeline Explorer Taxonomy Filters Classroom Scenarios Lineage Visualizer Learning Activities

GenAI Model Taxonomy Playground

Explore the ecosystems, training recipes, architectures, and lineages that shape today's generative AI landscape. Mix and match filters, follow family trees, and translate technical terminology into practical classroom language.

Timeline Explorer Taxonomy Filters Classroom Scenarios Lineage Visualizer

What this playground is designed to do

Use this space as a guided lab where students translate abstract GenAI jargon into concrete decision making. Each module is tuned to show how model families, training strategies, and deployment patterns connect to instructional goals.