How an AI Predicts the Next Word
A jargon-free picture of how chatbots generate text one piece at a time.
One Word at a Time
Here's the big secret behind chatbots: they write by guessing the next word, over and over. Give it a start, and it predicts word after word until a full answer forms.
Like Finishing a Sentence
Say "Once upon a…" and your brain fills in "time." An AI does the same on a massive scale — it learned language patterns so well it can guess what naturally comes next.
All lessons in this course
- What Generative AI Means in Plain Words
- Where You Already Meet AI Every Day
- How an AI Predicts the Next Word
- What AI Can and Cannot Do For You