Word by Word
At their core, large language models are simply predicting the next word. But how do they do it so well? Let's explore the fundamental mechanics of word prediction.
At their core, large language models are simply predicting the next word. But how do they do it so well? Let's explore the fundamental mechanics of word prediction.
Language models learn patterns in text by predicting the next word given a sequence of previous words. This simple task, when done at scale with billions of parameters, enables them to generate coherent and contextually appropriate text.