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Transformers from Scratch: The minGPT Way

Embark on an advanced journey into the heart of transformer networks with 'Transformers from Scratch: The minGPT Way'. This course is meticulously designed for seasoned practitioners eager to understand the inner workings of modern language models by building a minimal GPT (minGPT) from the ground up. We'll dissect the architecture, implement key components, and train our model on real-world data, all within a streamlined, hands-on environment.

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2 Modules
4 Lessons
~20m total
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Module 01
Transformer Foundations
Laying the groundwork for building transformers from scratch. We'll explore the core concepts and mathematical principles that underpin these powerful networks.
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Module 02
Building the minGPT Model
Putting the pieces together to construct a minimal GPT model. We'll implement the transformer blocks, language modeling head, and training loop.
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