📚 Glossary
Temperature
In one line: A setting that controls AI creativity. 0 = deterministic and predictable. 1 = more varied, creative, sometimes unhinged.
Temperature is a parameter that controls how 'random' the AI's output is. Higher temperature = more varied, creative, sometimes unhinged. Lower = deterministic, repetitive.
Typical values:
- 0.0 — fully deterministic. Good for code, math, factual extraction. Same input always gives same output.
- 0.3-0.7 — typical chat range. Slightly varied, still coherent.
- 1.0 — high creativity. Good for brainstorming, fiction, names.
- >1.5 — risk of incoherent output.
AskAI.free uses sensible default temperatures per task. Most users never need to think about it.
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