Python, Deep Learning, and LLMs: A Crash Course for Complete Beginners

Python, Deep Learning, and LLMs: A Crash Course for Complete Beginners is a coding and machine learning bootcamp in textbook form. You will get hands-on experience with the Python programming language, essential math concepts, neural nets - and, by the end, you will have coded and trained a pocket-sized language model. A high school math background is all you need to get started; no prior programming experience is required. Put in the work, and soon you will know, in concrete detail, how to create a miniature mind inside a chunk of silicon using code. If that is not magic, what is?

A comprehensive and engaging guide, taking the reader from programming basics all the way to large language models. It manages to be both rigorous and enjoyable.

- Khaled Boughanmi, Cornell University

This book stands out in clarity and effectiveness as a practical, accessible introduction to the world of AI.
- Yu Ding, Stanford University

A great springboard into machine learning, AI, and their essential foundations - Python, matrix algebra, and statistics. Beautifully written and accessible to anyone with a basic high school math background. I've already recommended it to my students.
- Kamel Jedidi, Columbia University