Building Large Language Models from Scratch - by Dilyan Grigorov (Paperback)

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Book Synopsis This book is a complete, hands-on guide to designing, training, and deploying your own Large Language Models (LLMs)--from the foundations of tokenization to the advanced stages of fine-tuning and reinforcement learning. Written for developers, data scientists, and AI practitioners, it bridges core principles and state-of-the-art techniques, offering a rare, transparent look at how modern transformers truly work beneath the surface. Starting from the essentials, you'll learn how to set up your environment with Python and PyTorch, manage datasets, and implement critical fundamentals such as tensors, embeddings, and gradient descent. You'll then progress through the architectural…