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Previous episode Why an AI chatbot writes its answer one word at a time

How ChatGPT and other AI chatbots answer your question

AI chatbot memory: does the model remember what you said before?

You ask a second question in the same chat. The chatbot answers as if it remembers the first one. Does the model really remember what you said? If yes, where does it keep it?

  1. 1 You ask in the same chat: "Which book says that?" To you, "that" is plain. It is right there on your screen.Should I waterit more?Check thesoil first.Which booksays that?you

    You ask in the same chat: "Which book says that?" To you, "that" is plain. It is right there on your screen.

  2. 2 Not to the model. It wrote "Check the soil first." a moment ago and kept none of it: its parameters are the same as before you asked.only yournew questionWhich booksays that?the model"That"? I havenever seen you.

    Not to the model. It wrote "Check the soil first." a moment ago and kept none of it: its parameters are the same as before you asked.

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