Chop Up Words
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✂️ AI doesn’t read words whole like we do. It splits them into “chunks.” In the first tap, press between letters to cut them apart. If you cut less than AI, it asks for more; if you cut too much, it tells you to join some back together. But the final mission is different—the answer is not to cut at all! AI knows very common words whole. 📚 Next, compare them. Pick the longest word and something surprising happens: it’s the longest, but it doesn’t have the most chunks. Chunk count depends not on “length,” but on how often a word is used. 🎯 Last, guess. Think how many chunks there will be, then tap to check. Get it right and the chunks split apart! This app was made with code too · Shall we remix it and add your name?
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About this app
Words Break into Pieces is an interactive AI literacy activity that introduces tokenization through three hands-on missions. Players tap between letters to recreate an AI’s word splits, compare letter counts with token counts, and guess how many pieces different words will become. The examples show that common words may remain whole while unfamiliar words are divided into smaller tokens, and that word length does not determine token count.
Use cases
- Elementary students learning how language models process text
- Teachers introducing AI literacy and tokens in the classroom
- Families exploring basic computer science concepts together
- Learners practicing the difference between letters, words, and tokens
Features
- Tap between letters to split or rejoin a word
- Feedback compares the player’s cuts with the AI’s tokenization
- Six multilingual example words with displayed token divisions
- Side-by-side visual comparison of letter counts and token counts
- Four token-count guessing missions with immediate feedback
- Reset and next-mission controls plus an optional sound toggle