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How language models actually work, the vocabulary you need, and what the jargon really means.

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How Large Language Models Actually Work

A plain-English tour of tokens, training, context and hallucination — what a language model is really doing when it answers you.

Marcus Feld (AI researcher) · 7 min read

AI Terms Explained: A Working Glossary

Clear definitions of the terms you actually encounter — LLM, token, context window, RAG, fine-tuning, agent, multimodal — and what each one means for choosing a tool.

Priya Raman (software engineer) · 7 min read