An analogy I've been thinking about, to try an explain ChatGPT to non IT/CS family/friends:
- Imagine a very smart Englishman, who never had any exposure to Chinese language, gets kidnapped by some Chinese mafia dudes. for days/months/years, he is listening to them talking.... and at the end, he can "engage" in any conversation, in Chinese.... even though he still knows absolutely nothing about Chinese, not the meaning of any single word!!! That's ChatGPT or generative AI.