AI Statistics for Non-Majors
arigaram
$26.40
Beginner / AI
Without a single formula or line of code, this penetrates the essence of basic statistics necessary for AI development and application.
Beginner
AI
It explains in detail the various language models developed in the process, starting from the beginnings of natural language processing technology to the latest LLM models.
20 learners are taking this course
Level Beginner
Course period Unlimited
The development process of language models and the principles of each language model
Origins of NLP
The structure and principles of Transformers
Structure and principles of RNN and LSTM
Principles of the Attention Mechanism
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December 10, 2025
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This course is a comprehensive learning journey through the evolution of language models, from early natural language processing research to the latest Large Language Models (LLMs). You will systematically understand the technological shifts starting from the rule-based era, through statistical language models, neural network-based models, and the Transformer revolution, leading up to today's multimodal, efficiency-focused, and application-oriented LLMs.
Understand the overall flow of how language models have evolved.
Identify the characteristics of key models from each era (RNN, LSTM, Transformer, BERT, GPT, etc.).
Structurally organize the latest LLM technologies and research trends.
Understand LLM efficiency techniques and their practical application methods.
Critically examine the future directions and limitations of LLM research.
The lecture consists of a total of 6 sections, with each section organized around chronological trends and research axes.
Section 1: Origins and Early Development of NLP
Section 2: Language Model Research Before Transformers
Section 3: The Transformer Revolution and Large Language Models
Section 4: Latest LLM Technologies and Research Trends
Section 5: LLM Efficiency Techniques and Model Optimization
Section 6: LLM Applications, System Integration, and Future Outlook
In this section, you will learn about the starting point of NLP and the foundations of early language models.
What problems NLP addresses and how it began
How rule-based systems were structured and why they encountered limitations
How statistical language models (n-gram LM) emerged
The emergence and significance of early large-scale corpora, such as the Brown Corpus and Penn Treebank
The concept of the Distributional Hypothesis and its application in NLP
The birth and contributions of early word embedding technologies such as Word2Vec and GloVe
This section covers how RNN-based models transformed NLP and the technical limitations prior to Transformers.
The background of the emergence and structural principles of RNN, LSTM, and GRU
The essence of the long-term dependency problem
How the Seq2Seq architecture led the innovation in machine translation
The reason for the emergence of the Attention mechanism and its effects
CNN-based language models belong to a different research category, so it is uncertain, but the main ideas will be learned.
Understand the need for next-generation models by summarizing the research landscape immediately preceding the Transformer.
In this section, you will learn how the modern LLM era, centered around Transformers, began.
The structure and characteristics of the Transformer, represented by “Attention Is All You Need”
Background on the emergence of Pretraining and Language Understanding models
The concept of bidirectionality in the BERT model and the MLM (Masked LM) technique
The main evolutionary trends of the GPT series (GPT-1 to GPT-4)
Establishment of the standardized learning paradigm of “Pre-training → Fine-tuning”
The meaning of Scaling Laws and changes in LLM training strategies
This section covers not only the architecture, characteristics, and training methods of the latest LLMs, but also human feedback-based models.
Common characteristics of the latest LLMs, such as GPT-4, Llama, and Claude
The background behind the emergence of open-source LLMs (e.g., Llama, Mistral)
User-customized learning technologies such as RLHF, DPO, and Instruction Tuning
Structure and use cases of multimodal models
Research on bias, hallucinations, and safety, along with ethical considerations
This section focuses on technologies that make large-scale models lighter and faster.
Quantization, Pruning, Knowledge Distillation
PEFT (Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning) such as LoRA and Prefix Tuning
High-speed Attention algorithms such as FlashAttention
Inference cost reduction techniques
Concepts and technical challenges of on-device LLM
Efficiency optimization cases in actual service application
In this section, you will learn how LLMs are utilized in actual systems and services,
and we will conclude by summarizing future directions while acknowledging some uncertainties.
Structure and advantages of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Principles of tool-use based LLMs such as Toolformer and ReAct
Domain-specific LLMs for fields such as medicine, law, and coding
Expansion of multimodal models such as GPT-4V
Research on LLM-based autonomous systems (some parts "uncertain")
Future prospects and points of debate regarding LLMs (e.g., the possibility of AGI → “uncertain”)
As shown in the example screen below, various diagrams are used during the lecture to explain LLM-related concepts in detail. In particular, intensive explanations are provided using diagrams related to NLP, RNN, self-attention, transformers, and LLMs.
Screen example 1 explained in Lesson 3
Screen example 2 explained in Lesson 3
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Screen example 3 explained in Lesson 3
Learners interested in AI and data science
Developers and researchers who want to systematically understand NLP or LLM technology
Those who want to grasp the latest trends in AI technology
Basic machine learning concepts
Experience using simple Python-based models (Recommended)
You can gain a deep understanding of the overall history of language model development.
You can acquire the foundational knowledge to analyze and utilize the latest LLM technologies and trends.
You can design problem-solving strategies, service architectures, and research directions using LLMs.
Since this is a theory-oriented lecture, a separate practice environment is not required.
The lecture notes are attached as a PDF file.
History and Evolution of LLMs: From the Origins of Language Models to the Latest Technologies
Who is this course right for?
Those who want to know the origins, development process, and technical trends of LLMs
Those who want to know the artificial neural network structure that serves as the foundation of LLMs
Those who want to build theoretical knowledge for developing LLMs themselves
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