How AI Actually Works

You type a thing and it answers You picture a brain in the box The truth is simpler

A giant wall of knobs A really tall wall And every knob got turned A teeny bit Toward the right answer

A little wrong A little less wrong A little less wrong A little less wrong

That's the whole trick A million teeny twists Stacked

Show it a billion sentences Twist every knob a little Show it a billion more Twist every knob a little less

THIS, IS, HOW, AI, WORKS! A wall of knobs and a really good guess! THIS, IS, HOW, AI, WORKS! Pattern in, pattern out, the next best word!

You type "the cat sat on the —" The knobs all pull toward MAT You type "I want a peanut butter and —" The knobs all pull toward JELLY

It picks the next word Then the next word Then the next word Then the next word

THIS, IS, HOW, AI, WORKS! A wall of knobs and a really good guess! THIS, IS, HOW, AI, WORKS! Pattern in, pattern out, the next best word!

When it gets the answer right The pattern matched something it saw When it gets the answer wrong The knobs were leaning the wrong way

When it makes something up That just means the knobs leaned wild And the next-word guess Walked off the path

A wall of knobs A whole lot of math A guessing machine With really good practice