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jayd16yesterday at 8:43 PM1 replyview on HN

> _determining_ the next token based on a prediction

Also known as predicting.


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Borealidyesterday at 8:47 PM

I think the most useful word in both cases is "extrapolating".

An LLM extrapolates from its context window to the immediate next token. This word applies whether you view what's happening as "reasoning", "prediction", or as a math function.