https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/a-jargon-free-explanation-of-how-ai-large-language-models-work/ > When ChatGPT was introduced last fall, it sent shockwaves through the technology industry and the larger world. Machine learning researchers had been experimenting with large language models (LLMs) for a few years by that point, but the general public had not been paying close attention and didn’t realize how powerful they had become. > Today, almost everyone has heard about LLMs, and tens of millions of people have tried them out. But not very many people understand how they work.