> "it's not just a next-token predictor because a bunch of the training isn't about predicting the next token."

clever procedures on top of the base transformer architecture.

i used simplified words/phrases to summarise the same thing you two were saying (the intent being: here's a version that may be digestible when discussing with others).

apparently that means i'm wrong though, no idea why because it seems you've decided to be dismissive rather than constructively elaborate on why this simplified and digestible version might be wrong :shrug: