'AI is a probability machine,' professor tells webinar attendees
Professor Dave Gadeau demonstrated how large language models predict outputs from training data, using a 'knock‑knock' example to explain probability ranking and why models sometimes produce unexpected results.
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In the FLX AI Hub webinar, computing science professor Dave Gadeau walked attendees through the mechanics of modern language models and why they behave the way they do. "AI is nothing more than a probability machine," he said, using a layered "knock‑knock" demonstration to show how models select next words based on statistical likelihood from training corpora.
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