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Autoregressive models use text's natural token decomposition in place of latent codes as the basis for decomposition.

Alexander Mattick · Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick · 21 Sept 2026

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“And in autoregressive structures you do exactly the same thing, but instead of giving yourself the latent codes, you say, well, I have a very natural decomposition of my text already,”

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