This article explains very well how LLMs work, in plain language, without jargon or intimidating math formulas. It turns out that AI is certainly not intelligent, but "just" a very sophisticated guessing machine.
let's just be honest AI, regurgitates the same information.
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LLMs are just the infinite monkeys theory put into practice. Get enough monkeys banging on typewriters and eventually you will get Shakespeare. In this case the LLMs are just running through the numerous permutations to find what it thinks is the best result.