Clear explanation of how transformer AI works

If you’re interested in how generative AI works, check out Ishan Anand ’s Youtube series “Spreadsheets are all you need ”. He steps through the basics using an Excel spreadsheet that encompasses most of GPT-2. Just doing that is an impressive (and hilarious) feat, but he also has a knack for teaching, so you’ll come away with a good understanding of AI and how some of it’s limitations manifest.

Ishan is selling a course, which I guess these are the first three lessons of, and I got a lot out of them. It’s also possible to download the spreadsheet he uses in the course to play with.