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Comment by docmechanic

2 months ago

Source: Generative Deep Learning by David Foster, 2nd edition, published in 2023. From “Tokenization” on page 134.

“If you use word tokens: …. willnever be able to predict words outside of the training vocabulary.”

"If you use character tokens: The model may generate sequences of characters that form words outside the training vocabulary."

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