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Previous episode Sampling: why AI gives a different answer to the same question

How ChatGPT and other AI chatbots answer your question

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

AI chatbots show their answer a few words at a time, like a person who types. Is this only an effect on the screen? Or does the model really write while you watch? And how does it know when to stop?

  1. 1 And on your screen, the answer does not stop at "Check". The words keep coming, one after another, while you watch.Should I waterit more?Check thesoilyou

    And on your screen, the answer does not stop at "Check". The words keep coming, one after another, while you watch.

  2. 2 But one run of the model gave one list, and one draw took one token from it: "Check". So where do "the" and "soil" come from?the modelCheckthesoilone run,one token??

    But one run of the model gave one list, and one draw took one token from it: "Check". So where do "the" and "soil" come from?

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