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Softmax

A function that converts a vector of numbers into a probability distribution — all values between 0 and 1 that sum to 1.

Definition

A function that converts a vector of numbers into a probability distribution — all values between 0 and 1 that sum to 1. Used as the final layer in classification models and in the attention mechanism of transformers. The 'temperature' parameter in text generation controls how sharp or flat the softmax distribution is.

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