Chollet recommends Deep Learning with Python ch. 15-16 for learning LLMs from scratch
fchollet · x · 2026-08-25
François Chollet amplified a reader recommendation: chapters 15-16 of Deep Learning with Python (available online for free) are a great path for learning LLMs from scratch. Chollet himself notes that chapter 15 has one of the best explanations of why dot-product attention works you'll find anywhere, while the recommender calls the book's breakdown of attention mechanisms the most intuitive available. Good for readers who want to understand how Transformers actually work.
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