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How AI & LLMs Work: A Fast-Track Crash Course for Busy Professionals

8h 9m 42s
English
Paid

Gain a comprehensive understanding of modern AI models in just a few hours without wading through complex mathematics or months of preparation. This course is specifically tailored for professionals who seek a technical grasp of AI without needing programming skills.

Why This Course Stands Out

AI is pivotal to your career, products, and business strategy, but diving into the complexities of transformers, model architecture, and machine learning can be daunting and time-consuming. This course simplifies the process by:

  • Eliminating extensive theoretical content,
  • Offering an intuitive and visual understanding of AI,
  • Completing the learning journey in just a few hours, without requiring a specialized educational background.

This unique course delivers a deep technical insight into LLM via a real-world GPT-2 implementation using spreadsheets.

Who This Course Is For

This course is perfectly suited for STEM professionals such as:

  • Software and Web Developers
  • Engineers and Scientists
  • Product and Project Managers
  • Technical Sales and Marketing Specialists
  • Leaders and Directors involved in AI strategy

No prior experience in machine learning is needed—only a technical background is required.

What You Will Master

Through a spreadsheet-based implementation of GPT-2, you will:

  • Quickly grasp how large language models function
  • Decompose critical components: tokenization, embeddings, attention, transformer layers
  • Achieve a genuine AI literacy, useful for managing products and teams
  • Establish a foundation for further learning and AI projects

Why Spreadsheets?

No programming or advanced mathematics knowledge is necessary. The course adopts a no-code approach through spreadsheets, making complex concepts:

  • Visual,
  • Interactive,
  • And easily memorable.

This is an engaging course where you will explore the model from the inside, step by step.

Practical Outcome

Upon completing the course, you will have a clear understanding of how transformers enable models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Llama, along with a handy tool in spreadsheet form for your own experimentation.

About the Author: Ishan Anand

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I am an AI consultant and educator specializing in artificial intelligence, product management, and web-performance. Currently, I am developing a new startup in the field of AI tools. I am the author of the acclaimed online course Spreadsheets-are-all-you-need.ai, which practically and comprehensively explains the architecture of LLM through the full implementation of GPT-2 in Excel.

I regularly speak on AI, Jamstack, and web performance at international conferences, including AI Engineer World’s Fair, AI Tinkerers, Next.js Conf, CascadiaJS, React Day New York, and O’Reilly OSCON.

Previously, I held the position of VP Product at Edgio, was CTO and co-founder of Layer0 (the company was acquired by Limelight Networks), worked at Digidesign / Avid, and studied at MIT in the EECS department.

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000 How to attend this class asynchronously or on-demand Demo
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001 How AI & LLMs Work_ A Fast-Track Crash Course for Busy Professionals
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002 How LLMs Work Class Session 2 Embeddings
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003 How LLMs Work Class Session 3 Neural Networks and Backpropagation
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004 How LLMs Work Class Session 4 Multi-head attention
01:31:24
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005 How LLMs Work Class Session 5 Putting it all together
01:46:18
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