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AI for Dummies: How Does AI ‘Learn’?
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👉 Read the full article to learn how AI models are trained and why it’s important to understand the tools we use every day.
Artificial Intelligence has gone from niche tech to an everyday tool almost overnight. In fact, the chatbot market alone has skyrocketed from under $1 billion in 2016 to around $20 billion in 2024. But while most people interact with AI daily, only a few actually understand how it works. That’s exactly what this article aims to fix.
Written by a computer science grad student at ASU and team member at NuWave Technologies – Lauren Casey, AI for Dummies breaks down how AI “learns” in a way that’s both technical and approachable. The article focuses on Large Language Models (LLMs)—the type of AI used in popular tools like ChatGPT, Apple Intelligence, and Gemini.
Starting with the basics of neural networks and training data, the piece explains how AI mimics the human brain by using “neurons” that receive input, process it using algorithms, and produce an output. It compares AI learning to real-life pattern recognition: “If I show you over and over how to make a fire… eventually you’re going to be able to make a fire on your own. The same goes for AI.”
Readers are walked through an example using a one-neuron model trained on a single question— “What color is the sky?”—to demonstrate how AI refines its answers through repetition and adjustment. Then, the article scales up this idea to the massive models used in real-world applications, where training can take days or even weeks, depending on complexity and computing power.
The article also touches on the testing and deployment phases, explaining how AI is evaluated and fine-tuned before being released to the public. Finally, it encourages readers to better understand the tools they use daily—and to think of AI not as a mysterious black box, but as a powerful, evolving tool that learns just like we do.
Whether you’re curious about how chatbots really work, or you just want a better grasp of one of today’s most talked-about technologies, this article is the perfect place to start.
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👉 Read the full article to learn how AI models are trained and why it’s important to understand the tools we use every day.
