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Think Like AI

Experience how AI thinks. These interactive tools build the intuition that articles can't.

The Big Picture

When you chat with AI, here's what's actually happening. Hover over the hotspots to learn more.

Diagram showing how AI works: from your device, through the internet, to data centers where neural networks process your question
1

Your Device

When you type a question, it's converted into data packets and sent over the internet. Your device does almost none of the AI processing.

2

Local Network / ISP

Your Internet Service Provider routes your request through their network to the AI company's servers. This hop adds a few milliseconds of latency.

3

The Data Center

This is the 'cloud.' Massive warehouses filled with specialized computers (GPUs) that run the AI models. Companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic operate these.

4

Distributed Neural Network

Your question gets processed across thousands of GPUs simultaneously. The neural network breaks your text into tokens, processes them through billions of parameters, and generates a response one token at a time.

Inside the Data Center

That glowing neural network is where the magic happens. Your question gets broken into tokens, processed through the model's context window, shaped by temperature settings, and matched against vector embeddings. Explore each concept below.

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Why "Think Like AI"?

Most people treat AI like magic. But once you see the mechanics (probability distributions, token limits, temperature settings, vector embeddings) you stop being surprised by its quirks and start knowing how to get what you want.