I don't think you really want a 5yo's version, because that's "computers can be smart". But for an SDE1-level explanation I made this video which has gotten to

I don't think you really want a 5yo's version, because that's "computers can be smart". But for an SDE1-level explanation I made this video which has gotten tons of compliments and keeps people watching year after year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S27pHKBEp30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S27pHKBEp30 It's in the context of NLP, which is where transformers started of course.