Lesson 6: What is an LLM? The Model that Understands (and Generates) Text
We define LLM, understand why it’s different from a Google search, and discover how text generation works.
We define LLM, understand why it’s different from a Google search, and discover how text generation works.
What tokens are, why they’re not words, and why it matters when talking about cost, speed, and limits.
What the context window is, why it has a limit, what happens when you exceed it, and why an LLM doesn’t remember previous conversations.
Meet the main models of the moment, the companies behind them, and the key differences to help you choose.
Learn to write effective prompts and understand why the result depends on how you ask.