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How ChatGPT Actually Works — It's Not Thinking, It's Predicting

7m | Oct 30, 2026

ChatGPT feels like it is thinking. It is not. This episode walks the full pipeline — tokenization, embeddings, attention, the 96-layer pattern engine, softmax and temperature — that turns your words into ranked probabilities through 175 billion parameters.


Full video: https://youtu.be/zWNakhjsUp0


Read on Substack: https://paragonaimag.substack.com/p/how-does-chatgpt-work-its-not-thinking


Note: This episode's narration is an AI-generated voice. Everything we say is backed by sources, and every fact is checked several times before release, so it reaches you with the fewest errors and flaws, and you can listen with confidence.

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