What is an LLM (large language model)?
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Series of articles on AI
This is the first article in a series of four:
- LLMs: understanding what they are and how they work (this article).
- NLP: exploring Natural Language Processing.
- AI Agents: discovering autonomous artificial intelligences.
- Comparison and AI Smarttalk’s positioning: an overall synthesis and perspective.
Imagine a field of wildflowers stretching as far as the eye can see, where an oversized swarm of bees is busily buzzing around. They flutter, gather pollen from every bloom, and turn it into incredibly complex honey. That honey is language. And these bees are the LLMs (Large Language Models), those giant language models that work tirelessly to transform vast amounts of textual data into something structured, coherent, and sometimes even highly creative.