🌡️ Temperature: The One Setting That Turns AI From a Calculator Into an Artist

Ever wondered why AI gives you a perfectly boring answer one moment, then something wildly creative the next?

The secret is a single dial: Temperature.

Think of it as an AI's "risk appetite":

• Low (0.0) — The accountant. Precise, predictable, zero surprises. Perfect for code, math, and fact-checking.
• Medium (1.0) — The smart friend. Balanced between accuracy and creativity. Great for everyday conversation.
• High (1.5–2.0) — The artist. Wild ideas, unexpected connections — but might occasionally go off the rails.

DeepSeek just published detailed guidance on how to tune this parameter for different tasks, and the takeaway is simple: most people never touch this setting, and they're leaving performance on the table.

🎯 The cheat sheet:

• Coding or factual Q&A → set to 0.0
• Summarizing or chatting → leave at 1.0
• Brainstorming or creative writing → crank it to 1.5+

It's like a volume knob on a radio — low gives you clarity, high gives you energy, and knowing where to set it is what separates a casual user from a power user.

One setting. Massive difference.