How LLMs Work: Large Language Models Explained | AI Explained #10
Nov 3, 2026 · 2 views
Part of AI Concepts Explained· 11 of 14How LLMs Work: Large Language Models Explained – episode 10 of AI Concepts Explained, a free beginner-friendly AI and machine learning course by Irfan Hayat.
How do large language models like ChatGPT actually work? Irfan Hayat explains next-token prediction, pre-training, fine-tuning, human feedback, temperature sampling, context windows and hallucinations, with animated diagrams and a Python sampling demo.
What you'll learn
• Next-token prediction, the core idea
• Pre-training on huge text collections
• Fine-tuning and learning from human feedback
• Temperature and sampling in Python
• Context windows, hallucinations and limits
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:36 Next-token prediction
01:14 Pre-training
01:58 Fine-tuning and human feedback
02:36 Temperature and sampling
03:18 Context windows and hallucinations
04:01 Temperature in Python
04:58 Training cost and scale
05:53 Using LLMs well
06:41 One reply, step by step
07:28 Quick quiz
08:15 Recap
08:45 Next: Prompt engineering
All slides, code examples and explanations are original. Narration uses a synthetic (text-to-speech) voice reading the instructor's original script. No music, third-party footage or logos are used.
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