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# [What Actually Happens When You Send a Message to ChatGPT?](https://srvjha.hashnode.dev/what-actually-happens-when-you-send-a-message-to-chatgpt?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

You type a question, hit enter, and a few seconds later you have an answer that reads like a human wrote it. It feels a little like magic. It isn't. It's math, at a scale that's hard to picture, runni

Jul 1 · 8 min read · srvjha.hashnode.dev  
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