Data/ML/AITable-stakes
Context Window
The maximum amount of text (measured in tokens) an AI model can 'see' and consider at once, including both the prompt and its response.
Think of it like
Like the size of the desk an assistant has to spread documents on while answering your question — bigger desks hold more, but a paper-covered desk can get harder to work at.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Assumes a bigger context window is always better.
Senior sounds like
Can describe a time stuffing more into it actually hurt output quality.
Ask them
“Have you run into a case where stuffing more into the context window actually hurt output quality?”