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Generative AI and LLMs
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Generative AI and LLMs

by S. Balasubramaniam, Seifedine Kadry, Aruchamy Prasanth, Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj
September 2024
Intermediate to advanced
275 pages
10h 6m
English
De Gruyter
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5 LLM Pretraining Methods

Anitha Velu
Raghu Ramamoorthy
S. M. Manasa
A. Prasanth

Abstract

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), an AI technique produces original text, sounds, 3D models, animation, and images. It is powered by large-scale machine learning (ML) models that leverage pretrained deep neural networks on massive datasets. Pretraining mostly aims to guess the next word in a sentence or fill in masked words inside the sequence. Through this unsupervised learning exercise, the model learns to comprehend the linguistic structures and statistical trends. Through pretraining, large language model (LLM) acquires a general understanding of syntax, grammar, and semantics. It helps in establishing a strong basis for language comprehension ...

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ISBN: 9783111425511