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Reiner Pope – The math behind how LLMs are trained and served
Summary
The blog post by Dwarkesh Patel discusses the mathematical principles underlying the training and serving of Large Language Models (LLMs), emphasizing how much can be inferred from simple equations and visual aids like blackboards.
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