AI Lesson & Submodule

Top-k vs Top-p Sampling

Compare cumulative distribution thresholds against fixed count cuts.

Why This Matters

Dynamic threshold filtering prevents low-probability vocabulary choices from corrupting responses.

What You Will Learn

  • Define Top-k limits
  • Explain Top-p cumulative nucleus
  • Combine K and P limits

Concepts Covered

Top-k sortingTop-p cumulative sortingVocabulary pruning

Mapped Foundation Project: Hyperparameter Playground

Interactive settings dashboard to inspect how Temperature, Top-p, and penalties alter Softmax probability distributions.

Architecture Preview

Logs visualizer showing vocabulary probability bars changing dynamically as sliders scale parameters.

Raw Logits ArrayTemperature Scale FunctionSoftmax Probability Converter
Tech Stack Planned
ReactTypeScriptTailwind CSS

Technical Interview Value

  • ?Explain how nucleus sampling isolates the contextually relevant vocabulary subset