What does it mean when people say AI was "trained"?
You will learn what training an AI really means.
Training means AI read a huge amount of text. It looked at how words and ideas connect. From that, it learned to predict good replies.
No human typed in every answer by hand. Instead, it found patterns on its own. That is what "trained" really means.
So AI is not a stored list of facts. It is more like a skill it practiced. That skill is guessing helpful words.
In very simple words, explain how you were trained to answer questions. Pretend I have never heard the word "training" before.
Paste the message into ChatGPT, then fill in any blanks before you send it. ChatGPT opens in a new tab. Opening it does not send the message.
You do not need the tech details to use AI well. A simple idea of it is plenty.