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ai/next-word-prediction-how-a-chatbot-s-core-trick-is-just-counting.md
Next-word prediction: how a chatbot's core trick is just counting
A chatbot's core job is to guess the next word, and the simplest version of that is just counting. In this article you read a few…
ai/temperature-why-a-chatbot-answers-differently-each-time.md
Temperature: why a chatbot answers differently each time
Ask a chatbot the same question twice and the answers can differ. That is not a bug: the model chooses each next word using chance, and a…
ai/how-a-chatbot-writes-one-guessed-word-at-a-time.md
How a chatbot writes: one guessed word at a time
A chatbot doesn't plan its reply and then type it out. It repeats one small step: look at the text so far, give every possible next token…