Part 1: Recent Developments in the Field, Installations, and Hello World Applications

An introduction to the basics of Transformers is presented in this part of the book. Assistance will be provided in developing your first ‘Hello World’ program using Transformers, installing the necessary packages, utilizing pre-trained language models, and so forth. The corresponding code can be executed with a CPU or a GPU. By delving into the practical work, this part sets the stage for tackling the intricate challenges ahead.

This part has the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, From Bag-of-Words to Transformers
• Chapter 2, A Hands-On Introduction to the Subject