ND How LLMs Work, Explained Without Math (blog.miguelgrinberg.com)
215 points by kdamica 674 days ago | 91 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
The article explains how LLMs work in simple terms, covering tokens, next token predictions, and model training.
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Longitudinal · 6 evals
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2026-03-05 13:31 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 13:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 13:29 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 13:29 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-05 13:25 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 13:25 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-02 11:48 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-02 11:48 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
ED, neutral tech explanation
2026-03-02 11:44 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-02 11:44 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
ED, neutral tech explanation
2026-03-02 11:41 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-02 11:41 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Tech tutorial on LLMs