LLM Fundamentals

Master the inner workings of AI to build your own projects and launch a future-proof career, even with zero prior coding experience. * **Core mechanics** of how models process and generate text * **Prompt engineering** to improve outputs for student assignments * **Basic coding** to build simple AI-powered study tools * **Foundational knowledge** for entry-level AI career opportunities

5 sections ยท 20 lessons

Course outline

Training Pipeline

  1. Three Training Stages
  2. Internet Data Curation
  3. Tokenization Fundamentals
  4. Neural Network Training
  5. Base Models Explained
  6. Text Generation Process

Post-Training

  1. Supervised Fine-Tuning
  2. Conversation Tokenization

Limitations

  1. Hallucinations
  2. Tool Use Integration
  3. Computational Limits
  4. Tokenization Blind Spots

Reinforcement Learning

  1. Reinforcement Learning Basics
  2. RL in Math & Code
  3. Chain of Thought
  4. RLHF for Subjective Tasks
  5. RLHF Limitations

Practical Insights

  1. Mental Model of AI
  2. LLM Ecosystem
  3. Future Capabilities

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