AI Under the Hood: Token → Embedding → Transformer Explained

Original author：NotebookLM

Original source：https://www.youtube.com/embed/LjPB7FWzhU0

Inside the AI Mind — The Assembly Line | How AI Actually Works Under the Hood Ever wondered what really happens inside AI after you type a prompt and press Enter? Is it magic… or a system working step by step behind the scenes? In this video, we break down the complete journey of your prompt inside AI, explained in a simple and practical way using an assembly line analogy. You will clearly understand how AI processes your request from input to output. AI Request Flow Explained: User Prompt ↓ Tokenizer (CPU) ↓ Embeddings (GPU) ↓ Transformer (GPU Heavy) ↓ Attention Mechanism ↓ KV Cache (Memory) ↓ Final Response No hype. No theory overload. Just a clear, real explanation of how AI actually works under the hood.