Video · 60 min

Intro to Large Language Models (1 hour talk)

Andrej Karpathy · YouTube Free Intermediate

Intro to Large Language Models (1 hour talk)

You do not need to code, but a real mental model of how these systems work makes you much harder to fool. Karpathy, a leading researcher, explains what a model actually is and where its limits come from in plain, general-audience language. Once you understand roughly why it behaves the way it does, marketing claims stop sounding like magic and start sounding like testable assertions.

  • Knowing how a model works reveals why it fails in predictable ways
  • A clear mental model lets you ask builders precise questions
  • You can grasp the concepts without any coding background
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The question it answers

  1. As a non-technical founder, how do I evaluate a tech-heavy trend like AI without getting fooled by hype?

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