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Understanding ChatGPT & Modern AI
Know how modern AI actually works, from embeddings to transformers
7 concepts
60 min
1
Embeddings: Words as Numbers
Discover how AI converts words into mathematical representations that capture meaning
10 min
2
Context Windows: How Much AI Remembers
Understand the limitations of AI memory and why ChatGPT sometimes forgets earlier parts of conversations
8 min
3
Attention: Focusing on Important Parts
Learn how AI decides which words to pay attention to when understanding meaning
11 min
4
Transformers: Processing All at Once
Discover why modern AI is so fast—it reads everything in parallel instead of word-by-word
12 min
5
Pre-training: Learning from Everything
Understand how AI learns general knowledge by reading massive amounts of text from the internet
9 min
6
Fine-tuning: Specializing for Tasks
Learn how general AI models are customized for specific uses like coding, customer service, or medical diagnosis
10 min
7
Why ChatGPT Sometimes Fails: Limitations
Understand hallucinations, bias, and other failure modes—so you know when to trust AI and when not to
11 min