How AI Actually Works
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Think of chunking like making a smoothie. You can't throw a whole apple into a blender - you need to cut it into pieces first. Same with AI and documents. When you upload a 50-page research paper, we can't feed the entire thing to the AI at once. Instead, we: 1. **Split it into chunks** - Usually 500-1000 words each 2. **Keep related content together** - We don't randomly chop sentences 3. **Add context clues** - Each chunk remembers where it came from **Why does this matter?** - 🎯 **Accuracy**: Smaller chunks = more precise answers - ⚡ **Speed**: Less text to process = faster responses - 💰 **Cost**: Only send relevant chunks, not entire documents **The Tradeoff:** - More chunks = slower but more accurate - Fewer chunks = faster but might miss details Think of it like asking a librarian vs. reading the whole library yourself.