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The name, in plain words
LLM = Large Language Model
Large means big: lots of knobs (parameters), lots of training text, lots of compute.
Language model means: it learns patterns of language well enough to guess what word (token) is likely to come next.
Tokens
text pieces
Transformer stack
many Lego bricks
Next-word chances
what to say next
Tokens → Transformer stackTransformer stack → Next-word chances
The short path