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Re:Why do prompts even work at all? by wsgeorge on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @09:26AM (#35245792)
My hunch is that following an instruction is a subset of text completion.

> How are you?

The most likely next word might be computed to be "I".

> How are you? I

Then, what's the word that's most likely to follow "How are you? I"? That might be "am"

> How are you? I am

...and what's the word that's most likely to follow "How are you? I am"?

BTW, I think it's helpful to put "Ask HN" before question posts. Makes it easier to find.

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