I have fond memories of cs224d [1] taught by richardsocher. It’s a bit dated at this point as it was created in the pre-transformer era, but it was a very cool introduction to applying deep learning to nlp at the time.
Similar thoughts here. That was when I realized the potential of the Internet: I didn't have to be a grad student at a tier 1 research university to learn about the frontier.
Those suggestions they make for a B200 start at $4.99 an hour.
Is that really required, for starting out?
I've been tinkering with my own from-scratch LLM, but in the early phases I don't need anything more than a 4090 on Vast.ai
I brought a group together to do this class using the YouTube videos and course materials available online. It is challenging but rewarding. We tackled it one lecture video per week. Started with over 30 learners and by last session we were down to 8.
i recently started reading "build reasoning model from scratch" then i realized that i am not really interested in building part and just want to understand theory and practice behind it.
A want like a casual lesswrong style from ground up explanation.
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I have fond memories of cs224d [1] taught by richardsocher. It’s a bit dated at this point as it was created in the pre-transformer era, but it was a very cool introduction to applying deep learning to nlp at the time.
[1] https://cs224d.stanford.edu
Similar thoughts here. That was when I realized the potential of the Internet: I didn't have to be a grad student at a tier 1 research university to learn about the frontier.
> GPU compute for self-study
Those suggestions they make for a B200 start at $4.99 an hour.
Is that really required, for starting out? I've been tinkering with my own from-scratch LLM, but in the early phases I don't need anything more than a 4090 on Vast.ai
It seems strange that the required resources aren't provided by the educational institution?
You dont even need a GPU to train your own LLM.
I beliee these are affordable enough for the intended audience (which is Stanford undergrad/master)
I brought a group together to do this class using the YouTube videos and course materials available online. It is challenging but rewarding. We tackled it one lecture video per week. Started with over 30 learners and by last session we were down to 8.
I wonder if people prefer to learn this on their own or if building a community around open learning is something that others are interested in
I'd be interested in joining a discord server.
Would be great to have a community to discuss the material - even if folks can't commit to the full course.
Thanks for releasing this again! What are this year's changes to prior offerings?
i recently started reading "build reasoning model from scratch" then i realized that i am not really interested in building part and just want to understand theory and practice behind it.
A want like a casual lesswrong style from ground up explanation.
Are video lectures available online?
Youtube playlist link from the page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuoVZkPBiKk&list=PLoROMvodv4...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuoVZkPBiKk&list=PLoROMvodv4...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rMqXOcazWaT...