Machine learning
The long road: intuition first, then the maths, then building it yourself. Slower than the other paths, and it does not expire.
1. Intuition →
2. Foundations →
3. Build it yourself
Read this, in order
- 1 How LLMs actually work tuaregs · Guide A gentle on-ramp to the ideas everything below assumes.
- 2 Neural networks, visually 3Blue1Brown · Video Intuition before notation. Do this in the order given.
- 3 Machine Learning Specialization Andrew Ng / Coursera · Article The structured classic. Still the safest starting course there is.
- 4 Practical Deep Learning fast.ai · Article Top-down and code-first. Pairs well with the course above, which is bottom-up.
- 5 The books worth reading tuaregs · Book Where to go once the courses run out. Most of them are free.
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