What is it like to be an algorithm? What does it mean to understand something? We will never know if an AI is conscious, not anymore than I can be certain that you are conscious. But we can try to put ourselves in its shoes and see the world through its eyes. There's a trend in machine learning to amass a lot of data and draw conclusion without really "understanding" it. Critics have claimed that this kind of AI, like GPT, may seem to produce impressive results, but do not really understand the world. This work makes you see what a machine learning algorithm does. You'll see text designed to have as little connotations as possible. If you can draw meaning from a succession of symbols without any kind of reference, so could an AI.