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LLMs: This Is How They Work

Financial Times

Michael’s Recommendation

This visual essay--one of the clearest explanations of how large language models work--beautifully highlights the technical elegance, complexity, and problems associated with generative AI.

As the technology is rapidly woven into our lives, understanding how LLMs generate text means understanding why these models are such versatile cognitive engines — and what else they can help create.