In the deep end: Language & Large Language Models

Venue: ON LEVEL 2 TURN RIGHT

First workshop: In the Deep End

1. Intro - the universe of meaning
2. What is our understanding of meaning and How meaning is captured using numbers (How LLMs infer meaning)
3. How LLMs understand sentences

We will explore from scratch how large language models achieve what they achieve.

This is slow and steady process spread across five interactive sessions

Skills needed: High School maths, Interest in language, Curiosity

Rest of the series will be:

• Stories and Maths
• Building blocks of LLM Architecture
• Computational Model of neuron, Architecture
• How LLMs are Trained, Bringing it all together

Bring Along: Paper/Pen
Good to have: High School maths
Laptop Not required

A bit about the facilitator
Farhan Sohail:
I work in data/visualization for corporations across Australia. Passionate about language and computing.
I have run such sessions fortnightly for nearly two years in Perth until moving recently to Brisbane.