How Large Language Models Work: Foundations, Training, and Applications
Follow text through a language model, then study how training, retrieval, tools, and evaluation shape an application. Numerical examples and text, image, audio, and video cases connect model mechanics with system design decisions.
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- 13
- Lessons
- 53
- Study time
- 20 Hours
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- 1
LLM Overview and Core Purpose
2 lessons Free preview
- 2
Transformer Anatomy and Prompt Flow
7 lessons Premium
- 3
Training, Pretraining, and Alignment
3 lessons Premium
- 4
Prompting, Retrieval, Tools, and Adaptation
5 lessons Premium
- 5
Evaluation, Guardrails, and Future Directions
2 lessons Premium
- 6
Generative AI Overview
2 lessons Premium
- 7
Language Representations and Sequence Models
6 lessons Premium
- 8
Attention, BERT, and GPT
4 lessons Premium
- 9
Foundation Model Training, Optimization, and Evaluation
7 lessons Premium
- 10
Vision, Audio, and Multimodal Generation
5 lessons Premium
- 11
Prompting, Retrieval, and Agents
3 lessons Premium
- 12
End-to-End Generative AI Systems
5 lessons Premium
- 13
Future Trends and Ethics
2 lessons Premium
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