microgpt-lesson

This is a beginner LLM study notebook built from Karpathy's microgpt. It helps learners understand GPT and transformer basics by working through math and programming in order on Google Colab.

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Overview

This project is a learning notebook for beginners that builds an LLM/GPT from basic math and programming, one step at a time. It is designed for students with beginner-level math skills and runs on Google Colab. Users open the notebook, save a copy to Drive, run the setup cell, and follow the cells in order to study the basics of large language models and see generated graphs, videos, and training data as they work.

Key features

  • Runs in Google Colab
  • Builds LLM and GPT basics from math and programming
  • Uses ordered notebook cells for step-by-step study
  • Includes saved graphs, videos, and automatic data download

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Best for students who want to learn how LLMs and GPT work from the ground up with minimal setup. It is a good fit when you want a guided, notebook-based study path in a browser environment.

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