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If you remember only 5 things
- It predicts the next word, over and over — that single move is the whole engine.
- Inside, it's billions of dials (a neural network) that turn your words into a next-word guess.
- It learned by guessing the next word a trillion times — measuring its error and nudging those dials — then was tuned into a helpful assistant. It was never programmed with facts.
- It can be confidently wrong. Always verify anything that matters — facts, numbers, names, dates.
- Clear prompts get great answers. Give it a role, context, examples, and the format you want.
That's the whole story — from the words you type to the answer you get back. Nicely done.