AI glossary
What is temperature?
Short answer
A sampling setting controlling randomness. Lower is more deterministic, higher is more varied.
For example
At temperature 0 a model gives nearly the same answer every time; at 1.2 the same prompt gives more varied, sometimes stranger replies.
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What is temperature in simple terms?
A sampling setting controlling randomness. Lower is more deterministic, higher is more varied.
What is an example of temperature?
At temperature 0 a model gives nearly the same answer every time; at 1.2 the same prompt gives more varied, sometimes stranger replies.
Where can I learn about temperature for free?
AI in Bed explains it in the free lesson "Meet the chatbots: LLMs" (Beginner level, 6 minutes), with no sign-up.