Part 2 · LLMs
What is a Large Language Model?
An LLM is an enormous neural network trained on massive amounts of text. Before anything else, let's kill the biggest myth.
Myth ✗
Not a Database
ChatGPT doesn't store Wikipedia, articles, or a giant text file. It cannot "search" its own memory for a specific fact.
Reality ✓
A Massive Equation
It is a gigantic mathematical equation with billions of variables called weights or parameters. GPT-4 has ~1.7 trillion.
Analogy
The Chef Analogy
Like a chef who has tasted every dish in the world. They don't memorize recipes — they internalize flavor profiles (weights).
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