Large-language-model parameters are static and read-only during inference.

The retrieved technical account distinguishes parameters from context at runtime. Parameters encode generalized statistical relationships learned during pretraining or fine-tuning and are not writable or queryable as a verbatim memory during inference. User prompts, conversation history, and retrieved data instead occupy a temporary context window. This model is a secondary explanatory source rather than a primary research paper, so the distinction is conceptually strong but its broader claims should be interpreted with appropriate caution.