Temperature and sampling: why the same prompt gives different code

Lesson 5 of how the AI thinks: the model picks each next token from a list of likely options. Temperature decides how adventurous that pick is, and… Aliteq Sam Ortega · Build Editor

The model samples each next token from likely options

Temperature controls how adventurous that sampling is

Even the lowest setting isn't fully repeatable, and newer Claude models fix it at 1.0

Asking your AI tool to build the same thing twice will give two different versions. That's normal, not a bug. Don't assume a re-run reproduces a fix. Review what actually changed, and keep the…

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