How Generative AI Uses Text Tokens to Generate a Response

Generative AI systems using Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4o process natural language input through a series of computational steps: tokenization, numerical representation, neural processing, and text generation. While these models have achieved impressive performance in understanding and generating text, they sometimes struggle with seemingly simple tasks, such as counting…

05/03/2025 Article Bloggers Chris Pietschmann

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