statistical probability
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LLMs operate by predicting the next word, or token, in a sequence based on statistical probability.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025
“The statistical probability of a discrepancy is more likely to occur in counties with many voters,” said Paul Gronke, a professor at Reed College and the director of the Elections and Voting Information Center.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024
It works like a supercharged predictive text, putting one word in front of another based on statistical probability.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2023
You want to have people inspect enough of the paper records to confirm with high statistical probability that the outcome on the paper and the outcome on the electronic results is the same.
From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2018
The cloud itself is essentially just a zone of statistical probability marking the area beyond which the electron only very seldom strays.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
