How I use LLMs

Andrej Karpathy · Advanced ·🧠 Large Language Models ·1y ago
The example-driven, practical walkthrough of Large Language Models and their growing list of related features, as a new entry to my general audience series on LLMs. In this more practical followup, I take you through the many ways I use LLMs in my own life. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro into the growing LLM ecosystem 00:02:54 ChatGPT interaction under the hood 00:13:12 Basic LLM interactions examples 00:18:03 Be aware of the model you're using, pricing tiers 00:22:54 Thinking models and when to use them 00:31:00 Tool use: internet search 00:42:04 Tool use: deep research 00:50:57 File uploads, adding documents to context 00:59:00 Tool use: python interpreter, messiness of the ecosystem 01:04:35 ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis, figures, plots 01:09:00 Claude Artifacts, apps, diagrams 01:14:02 Cursor: Composer, writing code 01:22:28 Audio (Speech) Input/Output 01:27:37 Advanced Voice Mode aka true audio inside the model 01:37:09 NotebookLM, podcast generation 01:40:20 Image input, OCR 01:47:02 Image output, DALL-E, Ideogram, etc. 01:49:14 Video input, point and talk on app 01:52:23 Video output, Sora, Veo 2, etc etc. 01:53:29 ChatGPT memory, custom instructions 01:58:38 Custom GPTs 02:06:30 Summary Links - Tiktokenizer https://tiktokenizer.vercel.app/ - OpenAI's ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/ - Anthropic's Claude https://claude.ai/ - Google's Gemini https://gemini.google.com/ - xAI's Grok https://grok.com/ - Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai/ - Google's NotebookLM https://notebooklm.google.com/ - Cursor https://www.cursor.com/ - Histories of Mysteries AI podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3K4LRyMCP44kBbiOziwJjb - The visualization UI I was using in the video: https://excalidraw.com/ - The specific file of Excalidraw we built up: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DN3LU3MbKI00udxoS-W5ckCHq99V0Uqs/view?usp=sharing - Discord channel for Eureka Labs and this video: https://discord.gg/3zy8kqD9Cp Educational Use Licensing This video is freely available for educati
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Chapters (22)

Intro into the growing LLM ecosystem
2:54 ChatGPT interaction under the hood
13:12 Basic LLM interactions examples
18:03 Be aware of the model you're using, pricing tiers
22:54 Thinking models and when to use them
31:00 Tool use: internet search
42:04 Tool use: deep research
50:57 File uploads, adding documents to context
59:00 Tool use: python interpreter, messiness of the ecosystem
1:04:35 ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis, figures, plots
1:09:00 Claude Artifacts, apps, diagrams
1:14:02 Cursor: Composer, writing code
1:22:28 Audio (Speech) Input/Output
1:27:37 Advanced Voice Mode aka true audio inside the model
1:37:09 NotebookLM, podcast generation
1:40:20 Image input, OCR
1:47:02 Image output, DALL-E, Ideogram, etc.
1:49:14 Video input, point and talk on app
1:52:23 Video output, Sora, Veo 2, etc etc.
1:53:29 ChatGPT memory, custom instructions
1:58:38 Custom GPTs
2:06:30 Summary
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