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Inside the prediction machine

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It feels like understanding. It is prediction.

Start with the mechanism, then use it to explain the strange behaviour.

It feels like understanding. It is prediction. ready.

Thefastestwaytoimprove?

An LLM repeatedly predicts a plausible next token from the context in front of it. That simple loop creates fluent conversation without a built-in guarantee that any claim was checked.

Prediction produces fluency.
Context changes the prediction.
Fluency does not prove knowledge.