LangChain in your Pocket

Chapter 1: Introduction

2023 has been the year of GenAI. Since the inception of ChatGPT in late 2022, there has been no turning back. One after the other new things are coming up: different LLMs like GPT, LLaMA, PaLM, etc; frameworks like LangChain and Llama-Index; AI agents like AutoGPT, BabyAGI, etc. This book is a deep dive into the most famous and useful framework around LLMs, i.e., LangChain, an open-source project that debuted in October 2022, pioneered by Harrison Chase and initially developed while Chase was at Robust Intelligence, an MLOps company.

 

But before we jump onto LangChain, we must understand LLMs.

1.1 What are LLMs?

Large Language Models (LLMs) are nothing but Machine Learning models that have a human-like understanding of ...