Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)

This compilation of excerpts focuses on the practical implementation of large language models (LLMs), particularly those resembling the GPT architecture, from the foundational concepts upwards using PyTorch. It explains key components such as tokenization, embeddings, attention mechanisms, and transformer blocks, detailing how they contribute to building these models. The text also covers crucial processes for LLM development including pretraining and fine-tuning for various tasks, like text classification and instruction following, highlighting practical aspects such as handling datasets, managing hardware limitations, and utilizing pre-trained weights. Furthermore, it introduces methods for evaluating model performance and generating text, discussing techniques like greedy decoding and probabilistic sampling, and provides insights into advanced training techniques like parameter-efficient fine-tuning.

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