How Do LLMs Work?

Thanks to Micro Center for sponsoring this video! Check them out below: Shop Build. Upgrade. Save. Event: https://micro.center/5364b3 Shop Micro Center’s Clearance Event: https://micro.center/636245 Sign Up for a FREE 128 gig Flash Drive at Micro Center’s Austin location: https://micro.center/c4413a Visit Micro Center News: https://micro.center/0aac38 When you talk to AI it can feel like there's a real person talking back to you, but it's actually a computer program known as A Large Language Model. In this video, we break down how these models work at a very high level. Huge thanks to Colin Kealty, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Red Hat for helping with this video - https://huggingface.co/bartowski Want to go deeper? Utkarsh J. at LTT Labs wrote a truly amazing series on the topic: - LLM Quantization Part 1: What Even is an LLM? - https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/06/19/llm-quantization-part-1-what-even-is-an-llm - Part 2: You're Gonna Need a Bigger VRAM - https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/07/10/llm-quantization-part-2-youre-gonna-need-a-bigger-vram - Part 2.5: Do Floats Dream of Real Numbers? - https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/07/21/llm-quantization-part-2-5-do-floats-dream-of-real-numbers - Part 3: Honey, I Shrunk the Numbers! - https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/08/13/llm-quantization-part-3-honey-i-shrunk-the-numbers Leave a reply with your requests for future episodes. ► SHOP OUR PRODUCTS: https://lttstore.com ► GET A VPN: https://www.piavpn.com/TechQuickie ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: https://lmg.gg/partners