LLMs Plan Multiple Tokens Ahead in Latent Space, Not Just One at a Time
gabriberton · x · 2026-08-06
Discusses the internal mechanisms of LLMs during generation. A quoted viewpoint points out that although only one token is output per forward pass, large enough LLMs actually predict multiple tokens in latent space, already possessing directions for subsequent tokens and planning ahead. The author agrees, noting this is why clean architectures like the "Free Transformer" haven't taken over.
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