eli5: Why does ChatpGPT give responses word-by-word, instead of the whole answer straight away?

Question

This goes for almost all AI language models that I’ve used.

I ask it a question, and instead of giving me a paragraph instantly, it generates a response word by word, sometimes sticking on a word for a second or two. Why can’t it just paste the entire answer straight away?

In: Technology

Answer 1

because even a wrong answer sounds more convincing when its convoluted with extra human sounding words.

If you don’t understand the explanation, you’re less likely to question it.

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