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Prompting & Interactionaka Stochastic Decoding

Sampling

Sampling selects output tokens probabilistically from a model's predicted distribution.

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Parameters such as temperature, top-p, and top-k reshape or restrict the distribution before each draw. Different random draws can produce different completions from the same prompt.

Related terms

Assistant MessageStop SequenceGreedy DecodingRepetition PenaltyConversation HistorySystem Prompt Leak

Where Sampling comes up

  • Temperature, Top-P, and Top-K in LLMs: The Complete Sampling Guide (2026)
  • The Provenance Tax: how LLM watermarking can break agent tool calls and refusals
  • Perplexity Cut Its Computer-Use Agent's Tool-Call Failures 21% With This Training Method
  • How Does AI Text Watermarking Actually Work? A Technical Explainer