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172: Transformers and Large Language Models

Programming Throwdown by Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci

Mar 11, 202486:08Technology

Patrick and Jason explain transformers and large language models from the ground up. They cover attention, encoders and decoders, self-supervised learning, RLHF, and the key architectural ideas that made modern LLMs poss...

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