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How these models actually work

10 videos, 5 h 13

10 videos on what a neural network is, how it learns, and how a language model turns text into more text. Maths shown, hype left out.

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  1. 01

    Large Language Models explained briefly

    3Blue1Brown

    The shortest honest account of what a language model is doing. Start here.

  2. 02

    But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1

    3Blue1Brown

    What a neural network is, built up from a single digit-recognising example.

  3. 03

    Gradient descent, how neural networks learn | Deep Learning Chapter 2

    3Blue1Brown

    How a network improves itself, and what the word learning really means here.

  4. 04

    Backpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 3

    3Blue1Brown

    Backpropagation with the intuition first and the calculus second.

  5. 05

    Transformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5

    3Blue1Brown

    Attention and the transformer, the piece behind every current language model.

  6. 06

    How might LLMs store facts | Deep Learning Chapter 7

    3Blue1Brown

    Where a model might keep a fact, and why nobody can point at it exactly.

  7. 07

    Gradient Descent, Step-by-Step

    StatQuest with Josh Starmer

    Gradient descent worked through with real numbers if the animation went fast.

  8. 08

    How Deep Neural Networks Work

    Brandon Rohrer

    A slower, plainer account of deep networks with no notation to fight.

  9. 09

    The Threat of AI Weapons

    Veritasium

    Autonomous weapons, and the parts of this debate that are already decided.

  10. 10

    Full AI Prompting Course with Andrew Ng

    DeepLearningAI

    Practical prompting from someone who teaches the underlying machine learning.

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