6 best visual resources for learning Transformers, LLMs and diffusion
techNmak · x · 2026-09-29
A curated list of the best visual AI learning resources:
- Transformer Explainer – watch GPT process text through embeddings, attention, MLPs and next-token prediction
- Brendan Bycroft's LLM Visualization – explore an LLM from architecture down to tensors and operations
- 3Blue1Brown – visual intuition for linear algebra, neural networks, backprop and attention
- The Illustrated Transformer – one of the clearest explanations of embeddings, Q/K/V and attention
- TensorFlow Playground – see neural networks learn as you tweak layers, activations and learning rate
- Google PAIR AI Explorables – interactive explainers on LLMs, generalization and interpretability
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