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Predictive AI

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AI that outputs an estimate about something that exists: a score, class or forecast 1. Its harms are mostly allocation harms, and its evidence is accuracy, calibration and error rates by subgroup, with a decision threshold someone owns. Also called discriminative AI.

Developed in
ch. 11, Predictive versus generative
Chapters
ch. 11, AI Defined
Contrast with
Generative AI
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Predictive AI: mentions per chapter1 mention of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Other chapterCross-referenced, not named11 AI Defined022 Principles & Standards: 1 mention22 Principles & Standards1No mentions in the other 21 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Predictive AI: mentions per chapter1 mention of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Other chapterCross-referenced, not named00010203040506070810111213141516171819202122 Principles & Standards: 1 mention12223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Predictive AI per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0Yes
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards1No
23 AI Agents0No
Predictive AI: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastPredictive AIRelated terms (3)Calibration · RelatedCalibrationDecision threshold · RelatedDecision thresholdHallucination · RelatedHallucinationContrast with (1)Generative AI · ContrastGenerative AI
Predictive AI: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastRelated terms (3)Calibration · RelatedCalibrationDecision threshold · RelatedDecision thresholdHallucination · RelatedHallucinationContrast with (1)Generative AI · ContrastGenerative AIPredictive AI
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Predictive AI
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsCalibrationRelated
Related termsDecision thresholdRelated
Related termsHallucinationRelated
Contrast withGenerative AIContrast
  • Hallucination

    Generative output that is stated confidently but is false or unsupported by its sources; NIST's generative AI profile calls it confabulation and lists it…

  • Decision threshold

    The score above or below which an AI output triggers an action.

  • Calibration

    The property that a model's confidence matches its accuracy: of the cases scored 0.9, about nine in ten are right.

Sources

  1. [1] Commission Guidelines on the definition of an artificial intelligence system established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (C(2025) 5053 final; non-binding; seven elements of Art. 3(1), inference as the indispensable condition; exclusions). European Commission. 2025-02-06. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/commission-publishes-guidelines-ai-system-definition-facilitate-first-ai-acts-rules-application (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Predictive AI. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/predictive-ai. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026predictiveai,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Predictive AI}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/predictive-ai}
}