Explain it to me like I’m six years old - Large Language Models (LLMs)
This article unpacks the fascinating world of Large Language Models (LLMs) in a friendly, story-driven tone that’s perfect for beginners. Starting with how models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini came to be, it explains what LLMs are, how they’re trained, and how they mimic human language. It dives into transformer architecture, attention mechanisms, and the different model types — encoders, decoders, and seq2seq — all explained with analogies and simplified examples. The piece also touches on tokenization, next-word prediction, and popular LLMs in both open-source and proprietary categories. It's a fun, informative introduction for anyone looking to demystify the tech behind today’s AI revolution.