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Temperature (Sampling)
NLP & Language Models
Controls the randomness of generated text.
Temperature is a parameter that adjusts how deterministic or creative a model’s output is.
- Effect: High values → more diverse outputs; low values → focused and predictable responses.
- Applications: Text generation, storytelling, dialogue systems.
- Tip: Common range is 0.2–0.9 depending on use case.