what is an LLM?

where do i start?

what it is: The brain inside ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. It read an enormous amount of writing and got very good at guessing the next word.

why you’d want it: Because once you know it's guessing from patterns, everything else it does makes sense, including when it's wrong.

steal this

It's right a lot, and it has no built-in way to tell when it isn't. That's why you double-check.

try it now

Open your chatbot and ask: “what year did my town's public library open?” Then ask: “are you sure?” Watch it change its answer, or defend it, without ever checking anything. That's the whole lesson on one screen. It's picking likely words, not looking things up.

stuck on this one? email me and say where. i answer, usually the same day.

02 →run the terminal ♡

one new lesson, every tuesday. send this one to the friend who says she’s not techy: https://cuteandcoded.com/lessons/01

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