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Ask HN: Is 'Wheel of Fortune' a workable analogy for how LLMs work?

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Post by tycho-newman » Fri, Aug 22, 2025, 10:15 AM UTC

Given statistical distribution of this language, try to predict the next token. Reward if correct. No reward otherwise.

Re: Ask HN: Is 'Wheel of Fortune' a workable analogy for how LLMs work?

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Post by incomingpain » Fri, Aug 22, 2025, 11:58 AM UTC

You want to watch this 32 minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZeIEiBrT_w

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