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Large language models, explained with a minimum of math and jargon

Hi, it’s Tim Lee. I’m a journalist with a master’s degree in computer science. This post is the result of two months of in-depth research. If you find it helpful, please subscribe to get future articles delivered straight to your inbox. Today’s post is co-authored with Sean Trott, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, San Diego. If you a…

a year ago · 53 likes · 7 comments · Timothy B Lee and Sean Trott

I really enjoyed this write-up, and while I have been reading about and using LLMs for a year now, this still had a lot of new info for me. I really liked the description of what the info vector associated with each word is used for.

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It's interesting, it runs out of hydrogen propellant way before it runs out of energy, which is why they want to figure out a way to refuel it.

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Pretty cool how Sacramento is actually building housing, it would be nice if we were seeing this sort of increase in production of apartments in the Bay Area.

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