François Chollet Recommends Path to Build LLMs from Scratch

fchollet · x · 2026-08-25

François Chollet recommends reading chapters 15-16 of 'Deep Learning with Python'. The text offers intuitive explanations, particularly Chapter 15's explanation of why dot-product attention works, making it suitable for learners to build LLMs from scratch.

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