How Large Language Models Actually Work
A plain-language explanation of how LLMs process and generate text, without oversimplifying or overclaiming.
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Ajay Prajapat
AI Systems Architect
15+ years of experience · Ex-Apple
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About the suggested mentor
Ajay Prajapat
AI Systems Architect
- 15+ years of experience
- Ex-Apple
AI Systems Architect with 15+ years of experience, including building production GenAI systems — RAG pipelines, AI agents, prompt engineering and GenAI architecture. His sessions are hands-on: expect real workflows, live builds and honest trade-offs, not slideware.
Skills & expertise
- AI-assisted Development
- Full-stack Development
- AI Agents
- RAG & MCP
- System Design
- Project Reviews
- Prompt Engineering
- GenAI Architecture
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What this session would cover
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- 1Tokens: how text is broken into pieces
- 2Next-token prediction and why it produces fluent text
- 3Training and fine-tuning in plain language
- 4Context windows and why models forget earlier information
- 5Why LLMs hallucinate and what that means for users
- 6What LLMs are and are not good at
Who it's for
- • Anyone who uses AI tools and wants to understand them
- • Students and professionals without a maths background
You'd leave with
- A plain-language understanding of LLMs
- Better intuition for when to trust output
- Clearer expectations of AI tools
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