I get asked quite often about key terms, resources, and how to get started. This article is a brief attempt to summarize key terms and provide links.

Key Terms and Concepts:

• LocalLlama: A thriving Reddit community of practitioners, researchers, and hackers exploring the world of local LLMs. — https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/
• LLM (Large Language Model): Typically, transformer-based models with billions or even trillions of parameters, trained on massive text datasets. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model
• Transformer: A neural network architecture adept at language tasks. It is the backbone of most modern LLMs. — “Attention Is All You Need” Paper:

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