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Reiner Pope – The math behind how LLMs are trained and served

102 · Dwarkesh Patel · April 29, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
large language models Machine Learning mathematics artificial-intelligence
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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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