Decoding the Black Box: How LLMs Actually Choose Their Next Words
This article demystifies the 'generation' phase of Large Language Models. Moving beyond the training phase, it explains how models convert raw logit outputs into coherent text through specific decoding strategies. It provides a comparative analysis of five major methods,Greedy, Beam Search, Top-K, Nucleus (Top-P), and Min-P,detailing their mechanics, strengths, and common pitfalls like repetition and length bias.