Computers?

Now I believe I've got this question sitting on the home page of U and AI Chat and that it because while I have about the usual amount of computer savviness, I do know a few computer geeks that I have picked up a bit of terminology from them even if I am not that great at computers (I do like using computers but don't ask me anything about specs).

Right back on track, so the question, 'Is ChatGPT a collation of multiple computers or one singular computer or is it just a program on the web?'

And to that ChatGPT replies...

ChatGPT is not a singular computer but rather a program that runs on powerful computing infrastructure. It consists of a sophisticated deep learning model that has been trained on a vast amount of data. The underlying infrastructure involves distributed computing, which typically involves multiple interconnected machines working together to handle the computational requirements of running the model efficiently.

So... lots of computers connected together and the internet?

When you interact with ChatGPT, you are accessing the program through a web interface or API. The program runs on a server or cluster of servers that handle the processing of your input and generate a response. This allows for a scalable and accessible way to utilize the capabilities of the language model.

... I don't know what to say. To be honest it's lost me a little.

In summary, ChatGPT is a program that operates on computing infrastructure and is accessed through the web or API, rather than being a singular computer.

Okay. So, I think it's saying that it's a program on the web that runs on a bunch of computers/servers rather than just one really, really smart supercomputer.