What Is a Large Language Model? A Beginner’s Guide
Learn how large language models work, what tokens and context mean, and how to use AI-generated answers with realistic expectations.
Learn how large language models work, what tokens and context mean, and how to use AI-generated answers with realistic expectations.
Understand AI hallucinations and learn a practical method for checking citations, dates, calculations, and claims before using an AI answer.
Discover how retrieval-augmented generation connects AI models to documents, where it helps, and why source quality still matters.
Write clearer AI prompts with a specific task, useful context, constraints, examples, and a simple review process. Includes an editable prompt template.
Use a practical privacy checklist before uploading documents or pasting personal information into an AI tool. Learn how to minimize unnecessary exposure.
Training teaches a model patterns. Inference puts those patterns to work. Here’s why the difference matters.