Introduction to LLM

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Chapter 2 — LLMs in Context: Concepts and Background

An accessible introduction to Chapter 2 of Understanding LLMs Through Math. Explore what Large Language Models are, why pretraining and parameters matter, how scaling laws shape model performance, and why Transformers revolutionized NLP. This chapter provides essential context before diving deeper into the mechanics of modern LLMs.
2025-09-07

1.3 Entropy and Information: Quantifying Uncertainty

A clear, intuitive exploration of entropy, information, and uncertainty in Large Language Models. Learn how information theory shapes next-token prediction, why entropy matters for creativity and coherence, and how cross-entropy connects probability to learning. This section concludes Chapter 1 and prepares readers for the conceptual foundations in Chapter 2.
2025-09-06

1.2 Basics of Probability for Language Generation

An intuitive, beginner-friendly guide to probability in Large Language Models. Learn how LLMs represent uncertainty, compute conditional probabilities, apply the chain rule, and generate text through sampling. This chapter builds the mathematical foundation for entropy and information theory in Section 1.3.
2025-09-05

1.1 Getting Comfortable with Mathematical Notation

A clear and accessible guide to understanding the mathematical notation used in Large Language Models. Learn how tokens, sequences, functions, and conditional probability expressions form the foundation of LLM reasoning. This chapter prepares readers for probability, entropy, and information theory in later sections.
2025-09-04

Chapter 1 — Mathematical Intuition for Language Models

An accessible introduction to Chapter 1 of Understanding LLMs Through Math. Learn how mathematical notation, probability, entropy, and information theory form the core intuition behind modern Large Language Models. This chapter builds the foundation for understanding how LLMs generate text and quantify uncertainty.
2025-09-03

Part I — Mathematical Foundations for Understanding LLMs

A clear and intuitive introduction to the mathematical foundations behind Large Language Models (LLMs). This section explains probability, entropy, embeddings, and the essential concepts that allow modern AI systems to think, reason, and generate language. Learn why mathematics is the timeless core of all LLMs and prepare for Chapter 1: Mathematical Intuition for Language Models.
2025-09-02

Understanding LLMs – A Mathematical Approach to the Engine Behind AI

A preview from Chapter 7.4: Discover why large language models inherit bias, the real-world risks, strategies for mitigation, and the growing role of AI governance.
2025-09-01

7.3 Integrating Multimodal Models

A preview from Chapter 7.3: Discover how multimodal models fuse text, images, audio, and video to unlock richer AI capabilities beyond text-only LLMs.
2024-10-09

7.0 Future Outlook and Challenges

A preview from Chapter 7: Explore the future of large language models—ethics, efficiency, multimodal AI, and responsible governance beyond scaling.
2024-10-06

4.2 Enhancing Customer Support with LLM-Based Question Answering Systems

Discover how Question Answering Systems powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming customer support, search engines, and specialized fields with high accuracy and flexibility.
2024-09-17

3.2 LLM Training Steps: Forward Propagation, Backward Propagation, and Optimization

Explore the key steps in training Large Language Models (LLMs), including initialization, forward propagation, loss calculation, backward propagation, and hyperparameter tuning. Learn how these processes help optimize model performance.
2024-09-13

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CTO of Receipt Roller Inc., he builds innovative AI solutions and writes to make large language models more understandable, sharing both practical uses and behind-the-scenes insights.