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[1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language Models

Andrej Karpathy · 4.3M views · 2023-11-23 · 59:48

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Andrej Karpathy gives a one-hour general-audience introduction to large language models, covering what they are, how they are trained, comparisons to operating systems, and security challenges such as jailbreaks.

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HN recommends it as the dense, approachable starting point for understanding LLMs and often cites it for specific claims about scaling and training.

Recommended by 9 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2023–2026

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LLMs & generative AIMachine learning & deep learning
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mindwok · 2024-06 · Strong recommendation

All of Andrej Karpathy's stuff on YouTube is absolutely top tier. He's a rare example of a brilliant contributor in his field who is an equally brilliant educator. Start with his short intro to LLMs, only 1 hour long but is dense with valuable stuff: [VIDEO]

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FlyingAvatar · 2024-02 · Strong recommendation

Short answer is No. I highly recommended watching Andrej Karpathy's Intro to LLMs talk, particularly the section on System 1 vs System 2 thinking. Long story short, what you are describing, using more processing to prepare a better response, is something that is an area of interest, but is not currently part of ChatGPT (or any other LLM that I am aware of). See: [VIDEO]

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shrimpx · 2023-11 · Strong recommendation

Andrej Karpathy's "Zero to Hero" series on YouTube is the ultimate guide to building LLMs. Extremely information-dense but as complete as it gets: [LINK] Also, an amazing high-level overview of LLMs, including extensive discussion about attack vectors, that he published a couple days ago: [VIDEO]

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