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    "entry": {
      "id": "temperature",
      "kind": "tip",
      "kindLabel": "Tip",
      "title": "Temperature is a creativity dial, not a quality dial",
      "body": "Turning it up doesn't make answers smarter, it makes them less predictable. For extraction, classification, and anything with a right answer, keep it near zero. For brainstorming, let it wander. People mix these up constantly.",
      "tag": "prompting",
      "date": "2025 · 09 · 22",
      "publishedAt": "2025-09-22",
      "note": null,
      "insight": {
        "aha": "Temperature changes variance, not intelligence. It widens the lottery; it does not improve the tickets.",
        "tryThis": "Set temperature near zero for extraction and scoring, then raise it only when variety is the product.",
        "watchFor": [
          "Creative settings used for factual extraction",
          "One sampled answer treated as a stable result",
          "Quality claims that ignore variance between runs"
        ],
        "labId": "temperature"
      },
      "extended": [
        "Temperature reshapes the probability distribution before sampling. Low temperature sharpens it toward the most likely token; high temperature flattens it so unlikely tokens get a real chance.",
        "So the dial controls variance, not intelligence. If a task has a correct answer, variance is your enemy and you want it near zero. If you want range and surprise, turn it up and sample several times."
      ],
      "url": "https://tips.platphormnews.com/entries/temperature"
    }
  }
}