Temperature & randomness

Last lesson you saw that a model never picks “the” next word. It gives every possible token a probability, then rolls a weighted die.

Temperature reshapes those odds before the roll. Low temperature sharpens them — the favourite almost always wins. High temperature flattens them — long shots get a real chance. Drag it and watch.

Your turn. Write a prompt that asks for a tagline for a coffee shop on the moon with a length limit. Run it once at 0, then a few times at 1.0, and compare.