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# [What's Actually Happening When You Talk to an AI?](https://shrvn.hashnode.dev/what-s-actually-happening-when-you-talk-to-an-ai?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Ever wondered what's really happening behind that blinking cursor? Here's the engineering story behind GPT, tokens, attention, and Transformers — explained the simple way.

Jul 1 · 13 min read · shrvn.hashnode.dev  
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