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Demonstrates prompting, greedy sampling, max_length, and callback integration, but defers generation internals and sampling details.

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generate() is a text-generation method that extends a prompt with tokens sampled according to a configured generation strategy.

generate() extends an input prompt or model state with generated output. For causal language models, it repeatedly produces text according to a configured sampling strategy; related generative models can use it to produce images. section 16.3.1 section 17.2.6

Prompting for useful continuations

A short, vague prompt can produce plausible but unhelpful text. Structuring the prompt as the beginning of a brownie recipe makes the intended continuation clearer, producing instructions such as melting butter and sugar before adding eggs and vanilla. section 16.3.1

Common uses include:

Generate text from a prompt with a causal language model. section 16.3.1
Generate images at the end of each training epoch and inspect them in a grid. section 17.2.6

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Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)A function used to produce model outputs from input prompts by running generation over a fine-tuned language model.

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