🗺️Ever wondered how AI “remembers” the meaning of words?

Dhruv SoodDhruv Sood
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Remember when I explained how AI reads text with tokens?

Today I want to share something even cooler -

How AI actually understands what words MEAN and how they relate to each other.

Think of it like a giant city map 🏙️

Imagine you have a magical map where every word in the world has its own address.

But here's the cool part - words that are similar live in the same neighborhood!

So on this map:

  • "Dog" and "Cat" live on the same street (both are pets)

  • "Happy" and "Joyful" are next-door neighbors

  • "King" and "Queen" are in the same royal district

Here's where it gets mind-blowing 🤯

The AI doesn't just put similar words close together. It creates relationships between them!

If you start at "King" and walk in the direction of "Woman," you'll end up at "Queen"! If you start at "Man" and walk in the direction of "Royal," you'll also end up at "King"!

It's like the AI has figured out that: King - Man + Woman = Queen

Real-world magic :

This is why when you ask ChatGPT "What's the female version of king?" it knows the answer instantly.

It's literally just following directions on this invisible word map!

Why should you care?

This is why AI can:

  1. Understand your questions even if you use different words

  2. Translate languages so well

  3. Write text that actually makes sense

Next time you're amazed by how "smart" AI seems, remember -

it's not really thinking like us. It's just really, really good at navigating this massive word map!

Pretty cool how something so complex can be explained with a simple map analogy, right?

What other AI concepts would you like me to break down? Drop your questions below! 👇

Piyush Garg Hitesh Choudhary #GenAi # Tech

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