Temperature
Category: Models“TEM-pur-uh-chur”
A setting that controls how predictable or creative an AI's answers are.
Lesson #3: Under the Hood: Models, Meaning & Speed →The thermostat on an oven — low and steady for bread, hot and fast for a sear.
Asking for a wild story idea versus asking for your exact address back.
Keeping it low so safety instructions come out the same way every time.
Turning it up when brainstorming marketing taglines.
One slider decides whether AI is reliable or inventive — matching it to the task avoids surprises.
Temperature dials AI between predictable and creative.
Ask the same question twice in a tool with a creativity setting — once low, once high.
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