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Hands-On Large Language Models

by Jay Alammar, Maarten Grootendorst

September 2024

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Preface
An Intuition-First PhilosophyPrerequisitesBook StructurePart I: Understanding Language ModelsPart II: Using Pretrained Language ModelsPart III: Training and Fine-Tuning Language ModelsHardware and Software RequirementsAPI KeysConventions Used in This BookUsing Code ExamplesO’Reilly Online LearningHow to Contact UsAcknowledgments
I. Understanding Language Models
1. An Introduction to Large Language Models
What Is Language AI?A Recent History of Language AIRepresenting Language as a Bag-of-WordsBetter Representations with Dense Vector EmbeddingsTypes of EmbeddingsEncoding and Decoding Context with AttentionAttention Is All You NeedRepresentation Models: Encoder-Only ModelsGenerative Models: Decoder-Only ModelsThe Year of Generative AIThe Moving Definition of a “Large Language Model”The Training Paradigm of Large Language ModelsLarge Language Model Applications: What Makes Them So Useful?Responsible LLM Development and UsageLimited Resources Are All You NeedInterfacing with Large Language ModelsProprietary, Private ModelsOpen ModelsOpen Source FrameworksGenerating Your First TextSummary
2. Tokens and Embeddings
LLM TokenizationHow Tokenizers Prepare the Inputs to the Language ModelDownloading and Running an LLMHow Does the Tokenizer Break Down Text?Word Versus Subword Versus Character Versus Byte TokensComparing Trained LLM TokenizersTokenizer PropertiesToken EmbeddingsA Language Model Holds Embeddings for the Vocabulary of Its TokenizerCreating Contextualized Word Embeddings with Language ModelsText Embeddings (for Sentences and Whole Documents)Word Embeddings Beyond LLMsUsing pretrained Word EmbeddingsThe Word2vec Algorithm and Contrastive TrainingEmbeddings for Recommendation SystemsRecommending Songs by EmbeddingsTraining a Song Embedding ModelSummary
3. Looking Inside Large Language Models
An Overview of Transformer ModelsThe Inputs and Outputs of a Trained Transformer LLMThe Components of the Forward PassChoosing a Single Token from the Probability Distribution (Sampling/Decoding)Parallel Token Processing and Context SizeSpeeding Up Generation by Caching Keys and ValuesInside the Transformer BlockRecent Improvements to the Transformer ArchitectureMore Efficient AttentionThe Transformer BlockPositional Embeddings (RoPE)Other Architectural Experiments and ImprovementsSummary
II. Using Pretrained Language Models
4. Text Classification
The Sentiment of Movie ReviewsText Classification with Representation ModelsModel SelectionUsing a Task-Specific ModelClassification Tasks That Leverage EmbeddingsSupervised ClassificationWhat If We Do Not Have Labeled Data?Text Classification with Generative ModelsUsing the Text-to-Text Transfer TransformerChatGPT for ClassificationSummary
5. Text Clustering and Topic Modeling
ArXiv’s Articles: Computation and LanguageA Common Pipeline for Text ClusteringEmbedding DocumentsReducing the Dimensionality of EmbeddingsCluster the Reduced EmbeddingsInspecting the ClustersFrom Text Clustering to Topic ModelingBERTopic: A Modular Topic Modeling FrameworkAdding a Special Lego BlockThe Text Generation Lego BlockSummary
6. Prompt Engineering
Using Text Generation ModelsChoosing a Text Generation ModelLoading a Text Generation ModelControlling Model OutputIntro to Prompt EngineeringThe Basic Ingredients of a PromptInstruction-Based PromptingAdvanced Prompt EngineeringThe Potential Complexity of a PromptIn-Context Learning: Providing ExamplesChain Prompting: Breaking up the ProblemReasoning with Generative ModelsChain-of-Thought: Think Before AnsweringSelf-Consistency: Sampling OutputsTree-of-Thought: Exploring Intermediate StepsOutput VerificationProviding ExamplesGrammar: Constrained SamplingSummary
7. Advanced Text Generation Techniques and Tools
Model I/O: Loading Quantized Models with LangChainChains: Extending the Capabilities of LLMsA Single Link in the Chain: Prompt TemplateA Chain with Multiple PromptsMemory: Helping LLMs to Remember ConversationsConversation BufferWindowed Conversation BufferConversation SummaryAgents: Creating a System of LLMsThe Driving Power Behind Agents: Step-by-step ReasoningReAct in LangChainSummary

8. Semantic Search and Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Overview of Semantic Search and RAGSemantic Search with Language ModelsDense RetrievalRerankingRetrieval Evaluation MetricsRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)From Search to RAGExample: Grounded Generation with an LLM APIExample: RAG with Local ModelsAdvanced RAG TechniquesRAG EvaluationSummary
9. Multimodal Large Language Models
Transformers for VisionMultimodal Embedding ModelsCLIP: Connecting Text and ImagesHow Can CLIP Generate Multimodal Embeddings?OpenCLIPMaking Text Generation Models MultimodalBLIP-2: Bridging the Modality GapPreprocessing Multimodal InputsUse Case 1: Image CaptioningUse Case 2: Multimodal Chat-Based PromptingSummary
III. Training and Fine-Tuning Language Models
10. Creating Text Embedding Models
Embedding ModelsWhat Is Contrastive Learning?SBERTCreating an Embedding ModelGenerating Contrastive ExamplesTrain ModelIn-Depth EvaluationLoss FunctionsFine-Tuning an Embedding ModelSupervisedAugmented SBERTUnsupervised LearningTransformer-Based Sequential Denoising Auto-EncoderUsing TSDAE for Domain AdaptationSummary
11. Fine-Tuning Representation Models for Classification
Supervised ClassificationFine-Tuning a Pretrained BERT ModelFreezing LayersFew-Shot ClassificationSetFit: Efficient Fine-Tuning with Few Training ExamplesFine-Tuning for Few-Shot ClassificationContinued Pretraining with Masked Language ModelingNamed-Entity RecognitionPreparing Data for Named-Entity RecognitionFine-Tuning for Named-Entity RecognitionSummary
12. Fine-Tuning Generation Models
The Three LLM Training Steps: Pretraining, Supervised Fine-Tuning, and Preference TuningSupervised Fine-Tuning (SFT)Full Fine-TuningParameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT)Instruction Tuning with QLoRATemplating Instruction DataModel QuantizationLoRA ConfigurationTraining ConfigurationTrainingMerge WeightsEvaluating Generative ModelsWord-Level MetricsBenchmarksLeaderboardsAutomated EvaluationHuman EvaluationPreference-Tuning / Alignment / RLHFAutomating Preference Evaluation Using Reward ModelsThe Inputs and Outputs of a Reward ModelTraining a Reward ModelTraining No Reward ModelPreference Tuning with DPOTemplating Alignment DataModel QuantizationTraining ConfigurationTrainingSummary
Afterword
Index
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Afterword

Thank you to all who joined us on this fascinating journey through the world of large language models. We are grateful for your dedication to learning about these powerful models that have revolutionized language processing.

Throughout this book, we have seen how LLMs work and how they can be used to create a wide range of applications, from simple chatbots to more complex systems like search engines. We have also explored various methods for fine-tuning pretrained LLMs on specific tasks, including classification, generation, and language representation. By mastering these techniques, readers will be able to unlock the potential of LLMs and create innovative solutions that can benefit from their capabilities. This knowledge will enable readers to stay ahead of the curve and adapt to new developments in the field.

As we come to the end of this book, we want to emphasize that our exploration of LLMs is only just the beginning. There are many more exciting developments on the horizon, and we encourage you to continue following the advancements in the field. To help with this process, keep an eye out on the repository of this book as we continue to add resources.

We hope that by reading this book, you gained a deeper understanding of how LLMs can be used in various applications and how they have the potential to transform industries.

With this book as your guide, we believe that you will be well-equipped to navigate the exciting landscape of LLMs and make meaningful contributions ...

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