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# [Text Decoding Strategies: Greedy, Beam Search, and Sampling](https://abstractalgorithms.hashnode.dev/text-decoding-strategies-greedy-beam-search-and-sampling?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How does an LLM choose the next word? It's not just random. We explore Greedy Search, Beam Search...

Mar 9 · 16 min read · abstractalgorithms.hashnode.dev  
Updated Jun 18  
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