Essentials of Generative AI and Large Language Models

In this Open Lab, Digital Humanities Analyst Namig Abbasov, will cover generative AI and large language models. We will first define what generative AI is and how it works. Attendees will learn about the differences between generative AI and discriminative AI, followed by an introduction to generative models such as Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and Variational Autoencoders (VAEs). In the last part of the Open Lab, we will explore principles of transformer architecture and how their advent became a defining moment in generative AI, turning into fundamental building blocks for LLMs.