How Generative AI Works (a Very Rough Guide)

Let's build a language model together! 

Think it's impossible in the timeframe? Well, it's not going to be a general purpose Large Language Model. In fact, it's going to be a highly limited, incredibly Tiny Language Model. It's not about what the Language Model can do in this case, it's about what building it will show us.

I believe that to make truly effective use of a tool we need to have a rough understanding of how it works. But for many testers and automators LLMs seem to be a black box: we don't know how they work, so we're not sure when to use them or not to use them.

Making a TLM based on audience input is just one of the ways in which this talk aims to give a rough guide to how Generative AI works. So that we don't end up doing the equivalent of trying to push a nail into a wall with a screwdriver, or using a chainsaw instead of sandpaper.