What is the core task an LLM performs to generate text?

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Predicting the next token — given the text so far, it estimates what comes next — An LLM doesn't look up answers; it repeatedly predicts the most likely next token. Higher-level abilities like answering or summarizing all emerge from this one task.

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Searching a knowledge base — it looks up the best matching stored answer

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Parsing grammar rules — it builds sentences from a fixed set of language rules

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Translating intent — it converts your meaning into a pre-written response

What is the core task an LLM performs to generate text?

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