ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Adaptive predictive coding

Alright kiddo, have you ever played a guessing game with a friend where you try to guess what they're thinking of? Predictive coding works kind of like that - it's a way for a computer to guess what's going to come next in a video or audio file by looking at what came before.

But sometimes, the computer can't predict what's going to happen just by looking at the past. That's where adaptive predictive coding comes in. It's like your friend changing the rules of the guessing game to make it easier for you to guess what they're thinking.

In adaptive predictive coding, the computer adjusts its guess based on new information it gets as the video or audio plays. So if it predicts that a certain sound is going to come next, but then hears something different, it adjusts its prediction to better match what's happening.

The cool thing is that this can help make video and audio files smaller without sacrificing quality. By predicting what's going to happen next and only sending that information, the file size can be reduced. And with adaptive predictive coding, the computer can make better guesses and adjust as needed to make sure the video or audio still looks and sounds great.