Hands-On Large Language Models
Language Understanding and Generation
$75.94
- Release Date
15 September 2025
Summary
AI has acquired startling new language capabilities in just the past few years. Driven by rapid advances in deep learning, language AI systems are able to write and understand text better than ever before. This trend is enabling new features, products, and entire industries. With this book, you will learn practical tools and concepts you need to use these capabilities today.
You’ll understand how to use pretrained large language models for use cases like copywriting and summarization;…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798228590908 |
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| Author: | Jay Alammar, Maarten Grootendorst, Derek Shoales |
| Publisher: | Ascent Audio |
| Imprint: | Ascent Audio |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 138mm x 144mm |
Jay Alammar
Jay Alammar is Director and Engineering Fellow at Cohere, a leading provider of large language models as an API. He advises and educates enterprises and the developer community on leveraging language models for practical applications. Through his influential AI/ML blog, Jay has demystified complex machine learning concepts and tools for millions of researchers and engineers, with his explanations integrated into the documentation of popular packages like NumPy and pandas, and covering cutting-edge topics such as Transformers, BERT, GPT-3, and Stable Diffusion. He is also a co-creator of widely-used machine learning and natural language processing courses on Deeplearning.ai and Udacity.
Maarten Grootendorst is a Senior Clinical Data Scientist at IKNL (Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization). He holds master’s degrees in organizational psychology, clinical psychology, and data science, enabling him to effectively communicate intricate machine learning concepts to diverse audiences. His widely-read blogs have reached millions, explaining the fundamentals of artificial intelligence, often through a psychological lens. Maarten is the author and maintainer of several popular open-source packages built on Large Language Models, including BERTopic, PolyFuzz, and KeyBERT, which have millions of downloads and are utilized by data professionals and organizations globally.
Derek Shoales has a unique talent for character voices, so much so that his children have advised him to “read the bad guy normal” to avoid frightening them. Beyond his celebrated villainous narration in storybooks, Derek has contributed to corporate, eLearning, and commercial voice-over projects. His diverse background also includes experience as a graphic/web designer and an investment market mentor. A versatile musician, he has sung bass to baritone in choirs and plays the guitar, electric violin, and Clare whistle.
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