August 27, 2025 · 6 min read 4/5 Be the Language DJ: Temperature, Top-k, and Top-p The model produces 50,257 scores. Sampling decides which one becomes the next token. Temperature, top-k, and top-p are your mixer sliders — here's what each one does, with numbers. #LLM #sampling #temperature #top-p #top-k #GPT-2 #AI