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What happens when you talk to AI?

An AI model writes one word at a time, but it doesn't think one word at a time. Jane from Anthropic’s user experience team breaks down the prediction process behind every AI output, and how to better interpret the responses you get back. Have a question? Let us know in the comments. Learn more at Claude Academy: http://academy.claude.com Chapters 0:00 What happens when you talk to AI? 1:07 How AI training works 2:32 How the model thinks 3:37 Four habits for better results

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Released
August 5, 2026
Duration
4m
Channel
Claude
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

An AI model writes one word at a time, but it doesn't think one word at a time. Jane from Anthropic’s user experience team breaks down the prediction process behind every AI output, and how to better interpret the responses you get back. Have a question? Let us know in the comments. Learn more at Claude Academy: http://academy.claude.com Chapters 0:00 What happens when you talk to AI? 1:07 How AI training works 2:32 How the model thinks 3:37 Four habits for better results

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  • Jane

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    Works on user experience at Anthropic (maker of Claude).

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Claude, featuring Jane, What happens when you talk to AI? explores aI predicts your next word, not retrieves answers from internet AI models generate responses by predicting the next word/token based on prior context rather than pulling a stored answer or “reading the internet” live.

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