Hacker News user asks how LLMs process pasted screenshots when answering questions.

A user poses a question about the mechanism: when pasting a screenshot into LLMs like Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT and asking questions, how does the model process the image—does it convert pixels to text via image processing, translate to word vectors, and then answer, or use a different approach?

The user notes the interaction feels remarkable, describing it as 'mind blowing' to observe how the machine handles visual input combined with text queries.

The post is framed as a request for explanation rather than a report of new functionality or research findings.