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Breaking Down How ChatGPT Actually Works - Explained Like You're Five
You ask ChatGPT a question and—boom—it answers like a human genius. But how does a computer actually pull this off? Today, I’ll explain how ChatGPT works like you’re five years old. By the end, you’ll know why it can write poems, solve math problems, and even argue about pineapple on pizza.
It’s not magic, and there’s definitely not a little person trapped inside your laptop. ChatGPT is a clever pattern-guessing machine that learned by reading billions of examples of how words fit together. Instead of “understanding” like we do, it predicts what word should come next, one step at a time, like playing an endless fill-in-the-blank game.
We’ll explore how it was trained, why it sounds human, and where it sometimes messes up. Think of it as chatting with the world’s best word-prediction buddy.
Hit play, and let’s make AI make sense—like you’re five.
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