LLMs
This is another case in which the name of the technology very accurately describes what the technology is; LLMs are large models that are particularly useful for language-based use cases, such as the summarization of large amounts of textual data, or chatbots that can have a conversation with a human.
Behind the scenes, they use statistical methods to process, predict, and generate language based on the context provided to them. They are trained on diverse datasets that include large amounts of textual information, from books and articles to websites and human interactions, enabling them to learn language patterns, grammar, and semantics.
How large are they? Well, some of the latest models at the time of writing this in February 2024 consist of billions or even trillions of parameters. That’s pretty huge! Somebody might read this book 20 years from now and laugh at the fact that we considered these sizes to be huge, but these are the biggest models on the planet at...
