AI Glossary termTemperature
A setting for randomness. Low temperature gives consistent, predictable text; high gives varied, surprising text.
Also called: sampling, top-p
A setting for randomness. Low temperature gives consistent, predictable text; high gives varied, surprising text.
Why it mattersNear zero for extraction and classification. Higher for brainstorming and copy.
See also Inference
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