<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">LLMs like BERT, GPT-3, and T5 are powerful tools for natural language processing tasks</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Knowing each model’s structure helps in selecting the right one for text generation, classification, or translation</li></ul>

Understanding Large Language Models (LLMs)

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Practical deployment considerations include managing API costs and ensuring model efficiency</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Steps like quantization and pruning optimize performance, making production more cost-effective</li></ul>

Deploying LLMs in Production

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Fine-tuning LLMs on specific data improves accuracy for niche applications like sentiment analysis</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Customize LLMs with domain-specific data to make them more effective in specialized fields</li></ul>

Fine-Tuning for Custom Tasks

Depending on which large language model you decide to use, it will likely be pre-trained differently from the rest. This is what sets large language models apart from each other

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Effective prompt engineering unlocks better LLM performance by guiding responses</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Techniques like few-shot learning and output structuring can refine answers for precise tasks</li></ul>

Crafting Effective Prompts

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Techniques like prompt chaining and validation help build safer, more reliable interactions</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Chaining prompts can prevent attacks like prompt injections, enhancing application security</li></ul>

Advanced Prompt Engineering

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Integrating LLMs with vector databases enables dynamic, context-aware semantic searches</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Applications include search systems that go beyond keyword matching, improving accuracy</li></ul>

Semantic Search and Vector Databases

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