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What is a Large Language Model, or LLM? How many types of LLMs are there and how do they work?
 

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Large Language Models (LLMs), as defined by Google, are expansive general-purpose models capable of being pre-trained and subsequently fine-tuned for specific tasks.

These models are equipped to tackle common language challenges including text classification, question answering, cross-industry text production, document summarization, and more.

LLMs can also be customized to address specific issues across various domains such as finance, retail, entertainment, etc., often utilizing relatively small sets of field-specific datasets.

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Types of LLMs

LLMs can be classified in several ways:

(i) Architecturally, they fall into three categories: autoregressive, transformer-based, and encoder-decoder models.

(ii) In terms of training data, there are three types: pretrained and fine-tuned, multilingual models capable of understanding and generating text in multiple languages, and domain-specific models trained on data relevant to particular fields such as legal, finance, or healthcare.

(iii) They can also be categorized as open-source or closed-source based on availability; while some are publicly accessible, others remain proprietary. Examples of open-source LLMs include LLaMA2, BlOOM, Google BERT, Falcon 180B, and OPT-175 B, whereas proprietary LLMs include Claude 2, Bard, and GPT-4.

How LLMs Operate?

LLMs operate on the principle of "deep learning", involving the construction of artificial neural networks inspired by the structure and functioning of the human brain.

These neural networks are trained to predict the probability of a word or sequence of words given the preceding words in a sentence for LLMs.

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LLMs excel in predicting the most probable next word or sequence of words based on input prompts.

With their versatility, LLMs find applications across diverse domains, generating text for various purposes such as articles, songs, poems, and stories, while also serving as virtual assistants or engaging in conversations

 

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