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Empirical probability uses the number of occurrences of an outcome within a sample set as a basis for determining the probability of that outcome.

Before ChatGPT could write essays, explain tax code, or summarize earnings reports, it had to master something far simpler but no less profound: probability. While headlines may credit “artificial ...