Context Window
What is Context Window?
A context window is the amount of text or information an AI model can consider at one time when generating responses. It's like the model's short-term memory - it can only work with what fits within this window. The size of this window determines how much background information the AI can remember during a conversation or task.
Technical Details
Technically implemented through transformer architectures using attention mechanisms, where the context window size is determined by the maximum sequence length the model's positional encoding can handle. Larger context windows require more computational resources and sophisticated memory management.
Real-World Example
In ChatGPT, if you have a long conversation that exceeds the context window, the AI will start forgetting the earliest parts of your discussion. This is why very long conversations sometimes feel like the model 'loses track' of topics discussed at the beginning.
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