Tag: llm-concepts

All the articles with the tag "llm-concepts".

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  ai

  20 Apr, 2026 · 7 min read

  Tokens and Embeddings: How Raw Text Becomes Numbers the Model Can Use

  Before the transformer can do anything, it must turn your prompt into numbers. Here is exactly how that works, from raw characters to dense vectors.

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  ai

  20 Apr, 2026 · 6 min read

  The Transformer: How Attention Solved the Problem Everything Else Could Not

  In 2017, eight researchers replaced the entire approach to language modeling with a single idea: let every word attend to every other word directly.

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  ai

  19 Apr, 2026 · 7 min read

  Before the Transformer: A Short History of Machines That Read

  Why did the transformer matter so much that we measure AI in 'before' and 'after' it? A short history of every approach that tried and hit a wall first.

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  ai

  18 Apr, 2026 · 9 min read

  Welcome to LLM Concepts: How the Machine Behind Your Chatbot Actually Works

  A 27-article series on how 2026 LLMs actually work, written for curious readers who use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and want to know what is happening inside.