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Applied Generative AI for Beginners Practical Knowledge on Diffusion Models, ChatGPT, and Other LLMs — Akshay Kulkarni Adarsha Shivananda Anoosh Kulkarni Dilip Gudivada Applied Generative AI for Beginners Practical Knowledge on Diffusion Models, ChatGPT, and Other LLMs Akshay Kulkarni Adarsha Shivan...

Applied Generative AI for Beginners Practical Knowledge on Diffusion Models, ChatGPT, and Other LLMs — Akshay Kulkarni Adarsha Shivananda Anoosh Kulkarni Dilip Gudivada Applied Generative AI for Beginners Practical Knowledge on Diffusion Models, ChatGPT, and Other LLMs Akshay Kulkarni Adarsha Shivananda Anoosh Kulkarni Dilip Gudivada Applied Generative AI for Beginners: Practical Knowledge on Diffusion Models, ChatGPT, and Other LLMs Akshay Kulkarni Bangalore, Karnataka, India Anoosh Kulkarni Bangalore, Karnataka, India Adarsha Shivananda Hosanagara, Karnataka, India Dilip Gudivada Bangalore, India ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-4842-9993-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9994-4 ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4842-9994-4 Copyright © 2023 by Akshay Kulkarni, Adarsha Shivananda, Anoosh Kulkarni, Dilip Gudivada This work is subject to copyright. 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Paper in this product is recyclable To our families Table of Contents About the Authors xi About the Technical Reviewer xiii Introduction xv Chapter 1: Introduction to Generative AI 1 So, What Is Generative AI? 2 Components of AI 3 Domains of Generative AI 4 Text Generation 4 Image Generation 4 Audio Generation 5 Video Generation 5 Generative AI: Current Players and Their Models 9 Generative AI Applications 11 Conclusion 13 Chapter 2: Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models 15 Natural Language Processing 16 Tokenization 17 N-grams 17 Language Representation and Embeddings 19 Probabilistic Models 20 Neural Network–Based Language Models 21 Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) 22 Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) 23 Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) 24 Encoder-Decoder Networks 25 v Table of Contents Transformer 27 Large Language Models (LLMs) 29 Conclusion 30 Chapter 3: LLMs and Transformers 33 The Power of Language Models 33 Transformer Architecture 34 Motivation for Transformer 35 Architecture 35 Encoder-Decoder Architecture 36 Attention 39 Position-wise Feed-Forward Networks 47 Advantages and Limitations of Transformer Architecture 51 Conclusion 53 Chapter 4: The ChatGPT Architecture: An In-Depth Exploration of OpenAI’s Conversational Language Model 55 The Evolution of GPT Models 56 The Transformer Architecture: A Recap 57 Architecture of ChatGPT 59 Pre-training and Fine-Tuning in ChatGPT 70 Pre-training: Learning Language Patterns 70 Fine-Tuning: Adapting to Specific Tasks 71 Continuous Learning and Iterative Improvement 71 Contextual Embeddings in ChatGPT 71 Response Generation in ChatGPT 72 Handling Biases and Ethical Considerations 73 Addressing Biases in Language Models 73 OpenAI’s Efforts to Mitigate Biases 73 Strengths and Limitations 75 Strengths of ChatGPT 75 Limitations of ChatGPT 76 Conclusion 77 vi Table of Contents Chapter 5: Google Bard and Beyond 79 The Transformer Architecture 80 Elevating Transformer: The Genius of Google Bard 80 Google Bard’s Text and Code Fusion 82 Strengths and Weaknesses of Google Bard 83 Strengths 83 Weaknesses 84 Difference Between ChatGPT and Google Bard 84 Claude 2 86 Key Features of Claude 2 86 Comparing Claude 2 to Other AI Chatbots 87 The Human-Centered Design Philosophy of Claude 88 Exploring Claude’s AI Conversation Proficiencies 89 Constitutional AI 89 Claude 2 vs. GPT 3.5 92 Other Large Language Models 93 Falcon AI 93 LLaMa 2 95 Dolly 2 98 Conclusion 99 Chapter 6: Implement LLMs Using Sklearn 101 Install Scikit-LLM and Setup 102 Obtain an OpenAI API Key 103 Zero-Shot GPTClassifier 103 What If You Find Yourself Without Labeled Data? 109 Multilabel Zero-Shot Text Classification 111 Implementation 111 What If You Find Yourself Without Labeled Data? 112 Implementation 112 vii Table of Contents Text Vectorization 113 Implementation 113 Text Summarization 114 Implementation 115 Conclusion 115 Chapter 7: LLMs for Enterprise and LLMOps 117 Private Generalized LLM API 118 Design Strategy to Enable LLMs for Enterprise: In-Context Learning 119 Data Preprocessing/Embedding 121 Prompt Construction/Retrieval 123 Fine-Tuning 126 Technology Stack 128 Gen AI/LLM Testbed 128 Data Sources 129 Data Processing 129 Leveraging Embeddings for Enterprise LLMs 130 Vector Databases: Accelerating Enterprise LLMs with Semantic Search 130 LLM APIs: Empowering Enterprise Language Capabilities 130 LLMOps 131 What Is LLMOps? 131 Why LLMOps? 133 What Is an LLMOps Platform? 134 Technology Components LLMOps 135 Monitoring Generative AI Models 136 Proprietary Generative AI Models 139 Open Source Models with Permissive Licenses 140 Playground for Model Selection 141 Evaluation Metrics 141 Validating LLM Outputs 144 Challenges Faced When Deploying LLMs 146 viii Table of Contents Implementation 148 Using the OpenAI API with Python 148 Leveraging Azure OpenAI Service 153 Conclusion 153 Chapter 8: Diffusion Model and Generative AI for Images 155 Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) 156 Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) 157 Diffusion Models 158 Types of Diffusion Models 160 Architecture 162 The Technology Behind DALL-E 2 165 Top Part: CLIP Training Process 167 Bottom Part: Text-to-Image Generation Process 168 The Technology Behind Stable Diffusion 168 Latent Diffusion Model (LDM) 169 Benefits and Significance 170 The Technology Behind Midjourney 170 Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) 170 Text-to-Image Synthesis with GANs 171 Conditional GANs 171 Training Process 171 Loss Functions and Optimization 171 Attention Mechanisms 172 Data Augmentation and Preprocessing 172 Benefits and Applications 172 Comparison Between DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney 172 Applications 174 Conclusion 176 ix Table of Contents Chapter 9: ChatGPT Use Cases 179 Business and Customer Service 179 Content Creation and Marketing 181 Software Development and Tech Support 183 Data Entry and Analysis 185 Healthcare and Medical Information 187 Market Research and Analysis 189 Creative Writing and Storytelling 191 Education and Learning 193 Legal and Compliance 194 HR and Recruitment 196 Personal Assistant and Productivity 198 Examples 200 Conclusion 205 Index 207 x About the Authors Akshay Kulkarni is an AI and machine learning evangelist and IT leader. He has assisted numerous Fortune 500 and global firms in advancing strategic transformations using AI and data science. He is a Google Developer Expert, author, and regular speaker at major AI and data science conferences (including Strata, O’Reilly AI Conf, and GIDS). He is also a visiting faculty member for some of the top graduate institutes in India. In 2019, he was featured as one of the top 40 under-40 data scientists in India. He enjoys reading, writing, coding, and building next-gen AI products. Adarsha Shivananda is a data science and generative AI leader. Presently, he is focused on creating world-­class MLOps and LLMOps capabilities to ensure continuous value delivery using AI. He aims to build a pool of exceptional data scientists within and outside the organization to solve problems through training programs and always wants to stay ahead of the curve. He has worked in the pharma, healthcare, CPG, retail, and marketing industries. He lives in Bangalore and loves to read and teach data science. Anoosh Kulkarni is a data scientist and MLOps engineer. He has worked with various global enterprises across multiple domains solving their business problems using machine learning and AI. He has worked at one of the leading ecommerce giants in UAE, where he focused on building state-of-the-art recommender systems and deep learning– based search engines. He is passionate about guiding and mentoring people in their data science journey. He often leads data science/machine learning meetups, helping aspiring data scientists carve their career road map. xi About the Authors Dilip Gudivada is a seasoned senior data architect with 13 years of experience in cloud services, big data, and data engineering. Dilip has a strong background in designing and developing ETL solutions, focusing specifically on building robust data lakes on the Azure cloud platform. Leveraging technologies such as Azure Databricks, Data Factory, Data Lake Storage, PySpark, Synapse, and Log Analytics, Dilip has helped organizations establish scalable and efficient data lake solutions on Azure. He has a deep understanding of cloud services and a track record of delivering successful data engineering projects. xii About the Technical Reviewer Prajwal is a lead applied scientist and consultant in the field of generative AI. He is passionate about building AI applications in the service of humanity. xiii Introduction Welcome to Applied Generative AI for Beginners: Practical Knowledge on Diffusion Models, ChatGPT, and Other LLMs. Within these pages, you're about to embark on an exhilarating journey into the world of generative artificial intelligence (AI). This book serves as a comprehensive guide that not only unveils the intricacies of generative AI but also equips you with the knowledge and skills to implement it. In recent years, generative AI has emerged as a powerhouse of innovation, reshaping the technological landscape and redefining the boundaries of what machines can achieve. At its core, generative AI empowers artificial systems to understand and generate human language with remarkable fluency and creativity. As we delve deep into this captivating landscape, you'll gain both a theoretical foundation and practical insights into this cutting-edge field. What You Will Discover Throughout the chapters of this book, you will Build Strong Foundations: Develop a solid understanding of the core principles that drive generative AI's capabilities, enabling you to grasp its inner workings. Explore Cutting-Edge Architectures: Examine the architecture of large language models (LLMs) and transformers, including renowned models like ChatGPT and Google Bard, to understand how these models have revolutionized AI. Master Practical Implementations: Acquire hands-on skills for integrating generative AI into your projects, with a focus on enterprise-grade solutions and fine-tuning techniques that enable you to tailor AI to your specific needs. xv Introduction xvi Operate with Excellence: Discover LLMOps, the operational backbone of managing generative AI models, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and security in your AI deployments. Witness Real-World Use Cases: Explore how generative AI is revolutionizing diverse domains, from business and healthcare to creative writing and legal compliance, through a rich tapestry of realworld use cases. CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Generative AI Have you ever imagined that simply by picturing something and typing, an image or video could be generated? How fascinating is that? This concept, once relegated to the realm of science fiction, has become a tangible reality in our modern world. The idea that our thoughts and words can be transformed into visual content is not only captivating but a testament to human innovation and creativity. Figure 1-1. The machine-generated image based on text input Even as data scientists, many of us never anticipated that AI could reach a point where it could generate text for a specific use case. The struggles we faced in writing code or the countless hours spent searching on Google for the right solution were once common challenges. Yet, the technological landscape has shifted dramatically, and those laborious tasks have become relics of the past. © Akshay Kulkarni, Adarsha Shivananda, Anoosh Kulkarni, Dilip Gudivada 2023 A. Kulkarni et al., Applied Generative AI for Beginners, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9994-4_1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI How has this become possible? The answer lies in the groundbreaking advancements in deep learning and natural language processing (NLP). These technological leaps have paved the way for generative AI, a field that harnesses the power of algorithms to translate thoughts into visual representations or automates the creation of complex code. Thanks to these developments, we’re now experiencing a future where imagination and innovation intertwine, transforming the once-unthinkable into everyday reality. So, What Is Generative AI? Generative AI refers to a branch of artificial intelligence that focuses on creating models and algorithms capable of generating new, original content, such as images, text, music, and even videos. Unlike traditional AI models that are trained to perform specific tasks, generative AI models aim to learn and mimic patterns from existing data to generate new, unique outputs. Generative AI has a wide range of applications. For instance, in computer vision, generative models can generate realistic images, create variations of existing images, or even complete missing parts of an image. In natural language processing, generative models can be used for language translation, text synthesis, or even to create conversational agents that produce humanlike responses. Beyond these examples, generative ai can perform art generation, data augmentation, and even generating synthetic medical images for research and diagnosis. It’s a powerful and creative tool that allows us to explore the boundaries of what’s possible in computer vision. However, it’s worth noting that generative AI also raises ethical concerns. The ability to generate realistic and convincing fake content can be misused for malicious purposes, such as creating deepfakes or spreading disinformation. As a result, there is ongoing research and development of techniques to detect and mitigate the potential negative impacts of generative AI. Overall, generative AI holds great promise for various creative, practical applications and for generating new and unique content. It continues to be an active area of research and development, pushing the boundaries of what machines can create and augmenting human creativity in new and exciting ways. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI Components of AI Artificial Intelligence (AI): It is the broader discipline of machine learning to perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence. Machine Learning (ML): A subset of AI, ML involves algorithms that allow computers to learn from data rather than being explicitly programmed to do so. Deep Learning (DL): A specialized subset of ML, deep learning involves neural networks with three or more layers that can analyze various factors of a dataset. Generative AI: An advanced subset of AI and DL, generative AI focuses on creating new and unique outputs. It goes beyond the scope of simply analyzing data to making new creations based on learned patterns. Figure 1-2 explains how generative AI is a component of AI. Figure 1-2. AI and its components 3 Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI Domains of Generative AI Let’s deep dive into domains of generative AI in detail, including what it is, how it works, and some practical applications. Text Generation What It Is: Text generation involves using AI models to create humanlike text based on input prompts. How It Works: Models like GPT-3 use Transformer architectures. They’re pre-trained on vast text datasets to learn grammar, context, and semantics. Given a prompt, they predict the next word or phrase based on patterns they’ve learned. Applications: Text generation is applied in content creation, chatbots, and code generation. Businesses can use it for crafting blog posts, automating customer support responses, and even generating code snippets. Strategic thinkers can harness it to quickly draft marketing copy or create personalized messages for customers. Image Generation 4 What It Is: Image generation involves using various deep learning models to create images that look real. How It Works: GANs consist of a generator (creates images) and a discriminator (determines real vs. fake). They compete in a feedback loop, with the generator getting better at producing images that the discriminator can’t distinguish from real ones. Applications: These models are used in art, design, and product visualization. Businesses can generate product mock-ups for advertising, create unique artwork for branding, or even generate faces for diverse marketing materials. Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI Audio Generation What It Is: Audio generation involves AI creating music, sounds, or even humanlike voices. How It Works: Models like WaveGAN analyze and mimic audio waveforms. Text-to-speech models like Tacotron 2 use input text to generate speech. They’re trained on large datasets to capture nuances of sound. Applications: AI-generated music can be used in ads, videos, or as background tracks. Brands can create catchy jingles or custom sound effects for marketing campaigns. Text-to-speech technology can automate voiceovers for ads or customer service interactions. Strategically, businesses can use AI-generated audio to enhance brand recognition and storytelling. Video Generation What It Is: Video generation involves AI creating videos, often by combining existing visuals or completing missing parts. How It Works: Video generation is complex due to the temporal nature of videos. Some models use text descriptions to generate scenes, while others predict missing frames in videos. Applications: AI-generated videos can be used in personalized messages, dynamic ads, or even content marketing. Brands can craft unique video advertisements tailored to specific customer segments. Thoughtful application can lead to efficient video content creation that adapts to marketing trends. Generating Images Microsoft Bing Image Creator is a generative AI tool that uses artificial intelligence to create images based on your text descriptions. www.bing.com/images/create/ 5 Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI To use Bing Image Creator, you simply type a description of the image you want to create into the text box. We will use the same example mentioned earlier in generating realistic images. “Create an image of a pink elephant wearing a party hat and standing on a rainbow.” Bing Image Creator will then generate an image based on your description. Figure 1-3 shows the Microsoft Bing output. Figure 1-3. Microsoft Bing output Generating Text Let’s use ChatGPT for generating text. It is a large language model–based chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022. ChatGPT is trained with reinforcement learning through human feedback and reward models that rank the best responses. This feedback helps augment ChatGPT with machine learning to improve future responses. ChatGPT can be used for a variety of purposes, including 6 Having conversations with users Answering questions Generating text Chapter 1 Translating languages Writing different kinds of creative content Introduction to Generative AI ChatGPT can be accessed online at https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt To use ChatGPT, you simply type a description you want into the text box. To create content on our solar system. Figure 1-4 shows the ChatGPT’s output. Figure 1-4. ChatGPT’s output 7 Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI Figure 1-4. (continued) ChatGPT or any other tools are still under development, but it has learned to perform many kinds of tasks. As it continues to learn, it will become even more powerful and versatile. 8 Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI Generative AI: Current Players and Their Models Generative AI is a rapidly growing field with the potential to revolutionize many industries. Figure 1-5 shows some of the current players in the generative AI space. Figure 1-5. ChatGPT’s output Briefly let’s discuss few of them: OpenAI: OpenAI is a generative AI research company that was founded by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others. OpenAI has developed some of the most advanced generative AI models in the world, including GPT-4 and DALL-E 2. GPT-4: GPT-4 is a large language model that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. DALL-E 2: DALL-E 2 is a generative AI model that can create realistic images from text descriptions. DeepMind: DeepMind is a British artificial intelligence company that was acquired by Google in 2014. DeepMind has developed several generative AI models, including AlphaFold, which can predict the structure of proteins, and Gato, which can perform a variety of tasks, including playing Atari games, controlling robotic arms, and writing different kinds of creative content. 9 Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI Anthropic: Anthropic is a company that is developing generative AI models for use in a variety of industries, including healthcare, finance, and manufacturing. Anthropic’s models are trained on massive datasets of real-world data, which allows them to generate realistic and accurate outputs. Synthesia: Synthesia is a company that specializes in creating realistic synthetic media, such as videos and audio recordings. Synthesia’s technology can be used to create avatars that can speak, gesture, and even lip-sync to any audio input. RealSpeaker: RealSpeaker is a generative AI model that can be used to create realistic synthetic voices. Natural Video: Natural Video is a generative AI model that can be used to create realistic synthetic videos. RunwayML: RunwayML is a platform that makes it easy for businesses to build and deploy generative AI models. RunwayML provides a variety of tools and resources to help businesses collect data, train models, and evaluate results. Runway Studio: Runway Studio is a cloud-based platform that allows businesses to build and deploy generative AI models without any coding experience. Runway API: The Runway API is a set of APIs that allow businesses to integrate generative AI into their applications. Midjourney: Midjourney is a generative AI model that can be used to create realistic images, videos, and text. Midjourney is still under development, but it has already been used to create some impressive results. These are just a few of the many companies that are working on generative AI. As the field continues to develop, we can expect to see even more innovation and disruption in the years to come. 10 Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI Generative AI Applications Generative AI offers a wide array of applications across various industries. Here are some key applications: 1. Content Creation: Text Generation: Automating blog posts, social media updates, and articles. Image Generation: Creating custom visuals for marketing campaigns and advertisements. Video Generation: Crafting personalized video messages and dynamic ads. 2. Design and Creativity: Art Generation: Creating unique artworks, illustrations, and designs. Fashion Design: Designing clothing patterns and accessories. Product Design: Generating prototypes and mock-ups. 3. Entertainment and Media: Music Composition: Creating original music tracks and soundscapes. Film and Animation: Designing characters, scenes, and animations. Storytelling: Developing interactive narratives and plotlines. 4. Marketing and Advertising: Personalization: Crafting tailored messages and recommendations for customers. Branding: Designing logos, packaging, and visual identity elements. Ad Campaigns: Developing dynamic and engaging advertisements. 11 Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI 5. Gaming: World Building: Generating game environments, terrains, and landscapes. Character Design: Creating diverse and unique in-game characters. Procedural Content: Generating levels, quests, and challenges. 6. Healthcare and Medicine: Drug Discovery: Designing new molecules and compounds. Medical Imaging: Enhancing and reconstructing medical images. Personalized Medicine: Tailoring treatment plans based on patient data. 7. Language Translation: Real-time Translation: Enabling instant translation of spoken or written language. Subtitling and Localization: Automatically generating subtitles for videos. 8. Customer Service: Chatbots: Creating conversational agents for customer support. Voice Assistants: Providing voice-based assistance for inquiries and tasks. 9. Education and Training: Interactive Learning: Developing adaptive learning materials. Simulations: Creating realistic training scenarios and simulations. 10. Architecture and Design: 12 Building Design: Generating architectural layouts and designs. Urban Planning: Designing cityscapes and urban layouts. Chapter 1 Introduction to Generative AI C  onclusion This chapter focused on generative AI, a rapidly evolving domain in artificial intelligence that specializes in creating new, unique content such as text, images, audio, and videos. Built upon advancements in deep learning and natural language processing (NLP), these models have various applications, including content creation, design, entertainment, healthcare, and customer service. Notably, generative AI also brings ethical concerns, particularly in creating deepfakes or spreading disinformation. The chapter provides an in-depth look at different domains of generative AI—text, image, audio, and video generation—detailing how they work and their practical applications. It also discusses some of the key players in the industry, like OpenAI, DeepMind, and Synthesia, among others. Lastly, it outlines a wide array of applications across various industries. 13 CHAPTER 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models Over the past few decades, language models have undergone significant advancements. Initially, basic language models were employed for tasks such as speech recognition, machine translation, and information retrieval. These early models were constructed using statistical methods, like n-gram and hidden Markov models. Despite their utility, these models had limitations in terms of accuracy and scalability. With the introduction of deep learning, neural networks became more popular for language modeling tasks. Among them, recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks emerged as particularly effective choices. These models excel at capturing sequential relationships in linguistic data and generating coherent output. In recent times, attention-based approaches, exemplified by the Transformer architecture, have gained considerable attention. These models produce output by focusing on specific segments of the input sequence, using self-attention techniques. Their success has been demonstrated across various natural language processing tasks, including language modeling. Figure 2-1 shows the key milestones and advancements in the evolution of language models. © Akshay Kulkarni, Adarsha Shivananda, Anoosh Kulkarni, Dilip Gudivada 2023 A. Kulkarni et al., Applied Generative AI for Beginners, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9994-4_2 15 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models Figure 2-1. Evolution of language models Before hopping to the evolution in detail, let’s explore natural language processing. Natural Language Processing Natural language processing (NLP) is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) and computational linguistics that focuses on enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language. NLP aims to bridge the gap between human communication and machine understanding, allowing computers to process and derive meaning from textual data. It plays a crucial role in various applications, including language translation, sentiment analysis, chatbots, voice assistants, text summarization, and more. Recent advancements in NLP have been driven by deep learning techniques, especially using Transformer-based models like BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) and GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer). These models leverage large-scale pre-training on vast amounts of text data and can be fine-tuned for specific NLP tasks, achieving state-of-the-art performance across a wide range of applications. NLP continues to be a rapidly evolving field, with ongoing research and development aiming to enhance language understanding, generation, and interaction between machines and humans. As NLP capabilities improve, it has the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with technology and enable more natural and seamless human– computer communication. 16 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models Tokenization Tokenization is the process of breaking down the text into individual words or tokens. It helps in segmenting the text and analyzing it at a more granular level. Example: Input: “I Love to code in python” Tokenization: [“I”, “Love”, “to”, “code”, “in”, “python”] N-grams In natural language processing (NLP), n-grams are a powerful and widely used technique for extracting contextual information from text data. N-grams are essentially contiguous sequences of n items, where the items can be words, characters, or even phonemes, depending on the context. The value of “n” in n-grams determines the number of consecutive items in the sequence. Commonly used n-grams include unigrams (1-grams), bigrams (2-grams), trigrams (3-grams), and so on: 1. Unigrams (1-grams): Unigrams are single words in a text. They represent individual tokens or units of meaning in the text. Example: Input: “I love natural language processing.” Unigrams: [“I”, “love”, “natural”, “language”, “processing”, “.”] 2. Bigrams (2-grams): Bigrams consist of two consecutive words in a text. They provide a sense of word pairs and the relationship between adjacent words. Example: Input: “I love natural language processing.” Bigrams: [(“I”, “love”), (“love”, “natural”), (“natural”, “language”), (“language”, “processing”), (“processing”, “.”)] 3. Trigrams (3-grams): 17 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models Trigrams are three consecutive words in a text. They capture more context and provide insights into word triplets. Example: Input: “I love natural language processing.” Trigrams: [(“I”, “love”, “natural”), (“love”, “natural”, “language”), (“natural”, “language”, “processing”), (“language”, “processing”, “.”)] 4. N-grams in Language Modeling: In language modeling tasks, n-grams are used to estimate the probability of a word given its context. For example, with bigrams, we can estimate the likelihood of a word based on the preceding word. 5. N-grams in Text Classification: N-grams are useful in text classification tasks, such as sentiment analysis. By considering the frequencies of n-grams in positive and negative texts, the classifier can learn the distinguishing features of each class. 6. Limitations of n-grams: While n-grams are powerful in capturing local context, they may lose global context. For instance, bigrams may not be sufficient to understand the meaning of a sentence if some words have strong dependencies on others located farther away. 7. Handling Out-of-Vocabulary (OOV) Words: When using n-grams, it’s essential to handle out-of-vocabulary words (words not seen during training). Techniques like adding a special token for unknown words or using character-level n-grams can be employed. 8. Smoothing: N-gram models may suffer from data sparsity, especially when dealing with higher-order n-grams. Smoothing techniques like Laplace (add-one) smoothing or Good-Turing smoothing can help address this issue. 18 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models N-grams are a valuable tool in NLP for capturing local context and extracting meaningful features from text data. They have various applications in language modeling, text classification, information retrieval, and more. While n-grams provide valuable insights into the structure and context of text, they should be used in conjunction with other NLP techniques to build robust and accurate models. Language Representation and Embeddings Language representation and embeddings are fundamental concepts in natural language processing (NLP) that involve transforming words or sentences into numerical vectors. These numerical representations enable computers to understand and process human language, making it easier to apply machine learning algorithms to NLP tasks. Let’s explore language representation and embeddings in more detail. Word2Vec and GloVe are both popular techniques used for word embedding, a process of representing words as dense vectors in a high-dimensional vector space. These word embeddings capture semantic relationships between words and are widely used in natural language processing tasks. Word2Vec Word2Vec is a family of word embedding models introduced by Mikolov et al. in 2013. It consists of two primary architectures: continuous bag of words (CBOW) and skip-gram: 1. CBOW: The CBOW model predicts a target word based on its context words. It takes a set of context words as input and tries to predict the target word in the middle of the context. It is efficient and can handle multiple context words in one shot. 2. Skip-gram: The skip-gram model does the opposite of CBOW. It takes a target word as input and tries to predict the context words around it. Skip-gram is useful for capturing word relationships and is known for performing better on rare words. Word2Vec uses a shallow neural network with a single hidden layer to learn the word embeddings. The learned embeddings place semantically similar words closer together in the vector space. 19 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models GloVe (Global Vectors for Word Representation) GloVe is another popular word embedding technique introduced by Pennington et al. in 2014. Unlike Word2Vec, GloVe uses a co-occurrence matrix of word pairs to learn word embeddings. The co-occurrence matrix represents how often two words appear together in a given corpus. GloVe aims to factorize this co-occurrence matrix to obtain word embeddings that capture the global word-to-word relationships in the entire corpus. It leverages both global and local context information to create more meaningful word representations. Now, let’s resume the evolution of neural networks to LLMS in detail. Probabilistic Models The n-gram probabilistic model is a simple and widely used approach for language modeling in natural language processing (NLP). It estimates the probability of a word based on the preceding n-1 words in a sequence. The “n” in n-gram represents the number of words considered together as a unit. The n-gram model is built on the Markov assumption, which assumes that the probability of a word only depends on a fixed window of the previous words: 1. N-gram Representation: The input text is divided into contiguous sequences of n words. Each sequence of n words is treated as a unit or n-gram. For example, in a bigram model (n=2), each pair of consecutive words becomes an n-gram. 2. Frequency Counting: The model counts the occurrences of each n-gram in the training data. It keeps track of how often each specific sequence of words appears in the corpus. 3. Calculating Probabilities: To predict the probability of the next word in a sequence, the model uses the n-gram counts. For example, in a bigram model, the probability of a word is estimated based on the frequency of the preceding word (unigram). The probability is calculated as the ratio of the count of the bigram to the count of the unigram. 20 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models 4. Smoothing: In practice, the n-gram model may encounter unseen n-grams (sequences not present in the training data). To handle this issue, smoothing techniques are applied to assign small probabilities to unseen n-grams. 5. Language Generation: Once the n-gram model is trained, it can be used for language generation. Starting with an initial word, the model predicts the next word based on the highest probabilities of the available n-grams. This process can be iteratively repeated to generate sentences. The hidden Markov model (HMM) is another important probabilistic model in language processing. It is used to model data sequences that follow a Markovian structure, where an underlying sequence of hidden states generates observable events. The term “hidden” refers to the fact that we cannot directly observe the states, but we can infer them from the observable events. HMMs are used in various tasks, such as speech recognition, part-of-speech tagging, and machine translation. Limitations: –– The n-gram model has limited context, considering only the preceding n-1 words, which may not capture long-range dependencies. –– It may not effectively capture semantic meaning or syntactic structures in the language. Despite its simplicity and limitations, the n-gram probabilistic model provides a useful baseline for language modeling tasks and has been a foundational concept for more sophisticated language models like recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and Transformer-based models. Neural Network–Based Language Models Neural network–based language models have brought a significant breakthrough in natural language processing (NLP) in recent times. These models utilize neural networks, which are computational structures inspired by the human brain, to process and understand language. 21 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models The main idea behind these models is to train a neural network to predict the next word in a sentence based on the words that precede it. By presenting the network with a large amount of text data and teaching it to recognize patterns and relationships between words, it learns to make probabilistic predictions about what word is likely to come next. Once the neural network is trained on a vast dataset, it can use the learned patterns to generate text, complete sentences, or even answer questions based on the context it has learned during training. By effectively capturing the relationships and dependencies between words in a sentence, these language models have drastically improved the ability of computers to understand and generate human language, leading to significant advancements in various NLP applications like machine translation, sentiment analysis, chatbots, and much more. Input Layer (n1, n2,..., n_input) ↘ ↘  ↘ Hidden Layer (n3, n4,..., n_hidden) ↘ ↘  ↘ Output Layer (n5, n6,..., n_output) In this diagram: –– “n_input” represents the number of input neurons, each corresponding to a feature in the input data. –– “n_hidden” represents the number of neurons in the hidden layer. The hidden layer can have multiple neurons, typically leading to more complex representations of the input data. –– “n_output” represents the number of neurons in the output layer. The number of output neurons depends on the nature of the problem—it could be binary (one neuron) or multiclass (multiple neurons). Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are a type of artificial neural network designed to process sequential data one element at a time while maintaining an internal state that summarizes the history of previous inputs. They have the unique ability to handle 22 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models variable-length input and output sequences, making them well-suited for natural language processing tasks like language synthesis, machine translation, and speech recognition. The key feature that sets RNNs apart is their capacity to capture temporal dependencies through feedback loops. These loops allow the network to use information from prior outputs as inputs for future predictions. This memory-like capability enables RNNs to retain context and information from earlier elements in the sequence, influencing the generation of subsequent outputs. However, RNNs do face some challenges. The vanishing gradient problem is a significant issue, where the gradients used to update the network’s weights become very small during training, making it difficult to learn long-term dependencies effectively. Conversely, the exploding gradient problem can occur when gradients become too large, leading to unstable weight updates. Furthermore, RNNs are inherently sequential, processing elements one by one, which can be computationally expensive and challenging to parallelize. This limitation can hinder their scalability when dealing with large datasets. To address some of these issues, more advanced variants of RNNs, such as long short-term memory (LSTM) and gated recurrent unit (GRU), have been developed. These variants have proven to be more effective at capturing long-term dependencies and mitigating the vanishing gradient problem. RNNs are powerful models for handling sequential data, but they come with certain challenges related to long-term dependency learning, gradient issues, and computational efficiency. Their variants, like LSTM and GRU, have improved upon these limitations and remain essential tools for a wide range of sequential tasks in natural language processing and beyond. Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Long short-term memory (LSTM) networks are a specialized type of recurrent neural network (RNN) architecture designed to address the vanishing gradient problem and capture long-term dependencies in sequential data. They were introduced by Hochreiter and Schmidhuber in 1997 and have since gained popularity for modeling sequential data in various applications. 23 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models The key feature that sets LSTM apart from traditional RNNs is its ability to incorporate a memory cell that can selectively retain or forget information over time. This memory cell is controlled by three gates: the input gate, the forget gate, and the output gate: –– The input gate regulates the flow of new data into the memory cell, allowing it to decide which new information is important to store. –– The forget gate controls the retention of current data in the memory cell, allowing it to forget irrelevant or outdated information from previous time steps. –– The output gate regulates the flow of information from the memory cell to the network’s output, ensuring that the relevant information is used in generating predictions. This gating mechanism enables LSTM to capture long-range dependencies in sequential data, making it particularly effective for tasks involving natural language processing, such as language modeling, machine translation, and sentiment analysis. Additionally, LSTMs have been successfully applied in other tasks like voice recognition and image captioning. By addressing the vanishing gradient problem and providing a better way to retain and utilize important information over time, LSTM networks have become a powerful tool for handling sequential data and have significantly improved the performance of various applications in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) GRU (gated recurrent unit) networks are a type of neural network architecture commonly used in deep learning and natural language processing (NLP). They are designed to address the vanishing gradient problem, just like LSTM networks. Similar to LSTMs, GRUs also incorporate a gating mechanism, allowing the network to selectively update and forget information over time. This gating mechanism is crucial for capturing long-term dependencies in sequential data and makes GRUs effective for tasks involving language and sequential data. The main advantage of GRUs over LSTMs lies in their simpler design and fewer parameters. This simplicity makes GRUs faster to train and more straightforward to deploy, making them a popular choice in various applications. 24 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models While both GRUs and LSTMs have a gating mechanism, the key difference lies in the number of gates used to regulate the flow of information. LSTMs use three gates: the input gate, the forget gate, and the output gate. In contrast, GRUs use only two gates: the reset gate and the update gate. The reset gate controls which information to discard from the previous time step, while the update gate determines how much of the new information to add to the memory cell. These two gates allow GRUs to control the flow of information effectively without the complexity of having an output gate. GRU networks are a valuable addition to the family of recurrent neural networks. Their simpler design and efficient training make them a practical choice for various sequence-related tasks, and they have proven to be highly effective in natural language processing, speech recognition, and other sequential data analysis applications. Encoder-Decoder Networks The encoder-decoder architecture is a type of neural network used for handling sequential tasks like language translation, chatbot, audio recognition, and image captioning. It is composed of two main components: the encoder network and the decoder network. During language translation, for instance, the encoder network processes the input sentence in the source language. It goes through the sentence word by word, generating a fixed-length representation called the context vector. This context vector contains important information about the input sentence and serves as a condensed version of the original sentence. Next, the context vector is fed into the decoder network. The decoder network utilizes the context vector along with its internal states to start generating the output sequence, which in this case is the translation in the target language. The decoder generates one word at a time, making use of the context vector and the previously generated words to predict the next word in the translation. Sequence-to-Sequence Models Sequence-to-sequence (Seq2Seq) models are a type of deep learning architecture designed to handle variable-length input sequences and generate variable-length output sequences. They have become popular in natural language processing (NLP) tasks like machine translation, text summarization, chatbots, and more. The architecture comprises an encoder and a decoder, both of which are recurrent neural networks (RNNs) or Transformer-based models. 25 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models Encoder The encoder takes the input sequence and processes it word by word, producing a fixed-­ size representation (context vector) that encodes the entire input sequence. The context vector captures the essential information from the input sequence and serves as the initial hidden state for the decoder. Decoder The decoder takes the context vector as its initial hidden state and generates the output sequence word by word. At each step, it predicts the next word in the sequence based on the context vector and the previously generated words. The decoder is conditioned on the encoder’s input, allowing it to produce meaningful outputs. Attention Mechanism In the standard encoder-decoder architecture, the process begins by encoding the input sequence into a fixed-length vector representation. This encoding step condenses all the information from the input sequence into a single fixed-size vector, commonly known as the “context vector.” The decoder then takes this context vector as input and generates the output sequence, step by step. The decoder uses the context vector and its internal states to predict each element of the output sequence. While this approach works well for shorter input sequences, it can face challenges when dealing with long input sequences. The fixed-length encoding may lead to information loss because the context vector has a limited capacity to capture all the nuances and details present in longer sequences. In essence, when the input sequences are long, the fixed-length encoding may struggle to retain all the relevant information, potentially resulting in a less accurate or incomplete output sequence. To address this issue, more advanced techniques have been developed, such as using attention mechanisms in the encoder-decoder architecture. Attention mechanisms allow the model to focus on specific parts of the input sequence while generating each element of the output sequence. This way, the model can effectively handle long input sequences and avoid information loss, leading to improved performance and more accurate outputs. 26 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models The attention mechanism calculates attention scores between the decoder’s hidden state (query) and each encoder’s hidden state (key). These attention scores determine the importance of different parts of the input sequence, and the context vector is then formed as a weighted sum of the encoder’s hidden states, with weights determined by the attention scores. The Seq2Seq architecture, with or without attention, allows the model to handle variable-length sequences and generate meaningful output sequences, making it suitable for various NLP tasks that involve sequential data. Training Sequence-to-Sequence Models Seq2Seq models are trained using pairs of input sequences and their corresponding output sequences. During training, the encoder processes the input sequence, and the decoder generates the output sequence. The model is optimized to minimize the difference between the generated output and the ground truth output using techniques like teacher forcing or reinforcement learning. Challenges of Sequence-to-Sequence Models Seq2Seq models have some challenges, such as handling long sequences, dealing with out-of-vocabulary words, and maintaining context over long distances. Techniques like attention mechanisms and beam search have been introduced to address these issues and improve the performance of Seq2Seq models. Sequence-to-sequence models are powerful deep learning architectures for handling sequential data in NLP tasks. Their ability to handle variable-length input and output sequences makes them well-suited for applications involving natural language understanding and generation. Transformer The Transformer architecture was introduced by Vaswani et al. in 2017 as a groundbreaking neural network design widely used in natural language processing tasks like text categorization, language modeling, and machine translation. 27 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models At its core, the Transformer architecture resembles an encoder-decoder model. The process begins with the encoder, which takes the input sequence and generates a hidden representation of it. This hidden representation contains essential information about the input sequence and serves as a contextualized representation. The hidden representation is then passed to the decoder, which utilizes it to generate the output sequence. Both the encoder and decoder consist of multiple layers of self-­ attention and feed-forward neural networks. The self-attention layer computes attention weights between all pairs of input components, allowing the model to focus on different parts of the input sequence as needed. The attention weights are used to compute a weighted sum of the input elements, providing the model with a way to selectively incorporate relevant information from the entire input sequence. The feed-forward layer further processes the output of the self-attention layer with nonlinear transformations, enhancing the model’s ability to capture complex patterns and relationships in the data. The Transformer design offers several advantages over prior neural network architectures: 1. Efficiency: It enables parallel processing of the input sequence, making it faster and more computationally efficient compared to traditional sequential models. 2. Interpretability: The attention weights can be visualized, allowing us to see which parts of the input sequence the model focuses on during processing, making it easier to understand and interpret the model’s behavior. 3. Global Context: The Transformer can consider the entire input sequence simultaneously, allowing it to capture long-range dependencies and improve performance on tasks like machine translation, where the context from the entire sentence is crucial. The Transformer architecture has become a dominant approach in natural language processing and has significantly advanced the state of the art in various language-related tasks, thanks to its efficiency, interpretability, and ability to capture global context in the data. 28 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models Large Language Models (LLMs) Large Language Models (LLMs) refer to a class of advanced artificial intelligence models specifically designed to process and understand human language at an extensive scale. These models are typically built using deep learning techniques, particularly Transformer-based architectures, and are trained on vast amounts of textual data from the Internet. The key characteristic of large language models is their ability to learn complex patterns, semantic representations, and contextual relationships in natural language. They can generate humanlike text, translate between languages, answer questions, perform sentiment analysis, and accomplish a wide range of natural language processing tasks. One of the most well-known examples of large language models is OpenAI’s GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) series, which includes models like GPT-3. These models are pre-trained on massive datasets and can be fine-tuned for specific applications, allowing them to adapt and excel in various language-related tasks. The capabilities of large language models have brought significant advancements to natural language processing, making them instrumental in various industries, including customer support, content generation, language translation, and more. However, they also raise important concerns regarding ethics, bias, and misuse due to their potential to generate humanlike text and spread misinformation if not used responsibly. Some notable examples of LLMs include the following: 1. GPT: GPT is the fourth version of OpenAI’s Generative Pretrained Transformer series. It is known for its ability to generate humanlike text and has demonstrated proficiency in answering questions, creating poetry, and even writing code. 2. BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers): Developed by Google, BERT is a pivotal LLM that captures context from both directions of the input text, making it adept at understanding language nuances and relationships. It has become a foundational model for a wide range of NLP tasks. 3. T5 (Text-to-Text Transfer Transformer): Also developed by Google, T5 approaches all NLP tasks as text-to-text problems. This unifying framework has shown outstanding performance in tasks like translation, summarization, and question answering. 29 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models 4. RoBERTa: Facebook’s RoBERTa is an optimized version of BERT that has achieved state-of-the-art results across various NLP benchmarks. It builds upon BERT’s architecture and training process, further improving language understanding capabilities. These LLMs have demonstrated advancements in natural language processing, pushing the boundaries of what AI models can achieve in tasks like language generation, comprehension, and translation. Their versatility and state-of-the-art performance have made them valuable assets in applications ranging from chatbots and language translation to sentiment analysis and content generation. As research in the field progresses, we can expect even more sophisticated and capable LLMs to emerge, continuing to revolutionize the field of NLP. Conclusion The development of neural networks for large language models has brought about significant breakthroughs in the field of natural language processing (NLP). From traditional probabilistic models like n-grams and hidden Markov models to more advanced neural network–based models such as recurrent neural networks (RNNs), long short-term memory (LSTM) networks, and gated recurrent units (GRUs), researchers have continuously improved these models to overcome challenges like vanishing gradients and handling large datasets efficiently. One notable advancement is the introduction of attention-based techniques, particularly the Transformer architecture. Transformers have shown exceptional performance in various NLP applications by allowing the model to focus on specific parts of the input sequence using self-attention mechanisms. These models have achieved remarkable success in language modeling because of their ability to effectively attend to different regions of the input sequence, capturing complex patterns and dependencies. Lastly, the focus has shifted toward large language models (LLMs), which use deep neural networks to generate natural language text. LLMs like GPT-3 have demonstrated astonishing capabilities, generating humanlike text, answering questions, and performing various language-related tasks. 30 Chapter 2 Evolution of Neural Networks to Large Language Models In conclusion, the advancements in neural networks for large language models have revolutionized the NLP landscape, enabling machines to understand and generate human language at an unprecedented level, opening up new possibilities for communication, content creation, and problem-solving. In the coming chapters, let’s deep dive into large language models architecture and applications. 31 CHAPTER 3 LLMs and Transformers In this chapter, we embark on an enlightening journey into the world of LLMs and the intricacies of the Transformer architecture, unraveling the mysteries behind their extraordinary capabilities. These pioneering advancements have not only propelled the field of NLP to new heights but have also revolutionized how machines perceive, comprehend, and generate language. The Power of Language Models Language models have emerged as a driving force in the realm of natural language processing (NLP), wielding the power to transform how machines interpret and generate human language. These models act as virtual linguists, deciphering the intricacies of grammar, syntax, and semantics, to make sense of the vast complexities of human communication. The significance of language models lies not only in their ability to understand text but also in their potential to generate coherent and contextually relevant responses, blurring the lines between human and machine language comprehension. At the core of language models is the concept of conditional probability, wherein a model learns the likelihood of a word or token occurring given the preceding words in a sequence. By training on extensive datasets containing a wide array of language patterns, these models become adept at predicting the most probable next word in a given context. This predictive power makes them indispensable in a myriad of NLP tasks, from machine translation and summarization to sentiment analysis, question answering, and beyond. However, traditional language models had inherent limitations, especially when dealing with long-range dependencies and capturing the contextual nuances of language. The need for more sophisticated solutions paved the way for large language models (LLMs), which have revolutionized the field of NLP through their immense scale, powerful architectural innovations, and the remarkable abilities they possess. © Akshay Kulkarni, Adarsha Shivananda, Anoosh Kulkarni, Dilip Gudivada 2023 A. Kulkarni et al., Applied Generative AI for Beginners, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9994-4_3 33 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Large language models leverage massive computational resources and enormous amounts of data during their training process, enabling them to grasp the subtle intricacies of human language. Moreover, they excel at generalization, learning from the vast array of examples they encounter during pre-training and fine-tuning processes, which allows them to perform impressively on a wide range of NLP tasks. The introduction of the Transformer architecture heralded a pivotal moment in the advancement of language models. Proposed in the seminal paper “Attention Is All You Need,” the Transformer introduced the attention mechanism—a revolutionary concept that empowers the model to dynamically weigh the relevance of each word in a sequence concerning all other words. This attention mechanism, alongside feed-forward neural networks, forms the foundation of the Transformer’s remarkable performance. As language models continue to evolve, they hold the promise of driving even more profound advancements in AI-driven language understanding and generation. Nevertheless, with such power comes the responsibility to address ethical concerns surrounding biases, misinformation, and privacy. Striking a balance between pushing the boundaries of language modeling while upholding ethical considerations is crucial to ensuring the responsible deployment and impact of these powerful tools. In the following sections, we delve deeper into the architectural intricacies of large language models and the Transformer, exploring how they operate, their real-world applications, the challenges they present, and the potential they hold for reshaping the future of NLP and artificial intelligence. Transformer Architecture As mentioned earlier, the Transformer architecture is a crucial component of many state-of-the-art natural language processing (NLP) models, including ChatGPT. It was introduced in the paper titled “Attention Is All You Need” by Vaswani et al. in 2017. The Transformer revolutionized NLP by providing an efficient way to process and generate language using self-attention mechanisms. Let’s delve into an in-depth explanation of the core Transformer architecture. 34 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Motivation for Transformer The motivation for the Transformer architecture stemmed from the limitations and inefficiencies of traditional sequential models, such as recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks. These sequential models process language input one token at a time, which leads to several issues when dealing with long-range dependencies and parallelization. The key motivations for developing the Transformer architecture were as follows: Long-Term Dependencies: Traditional sequential models like RNNs and LSTMs face difficulties in capturing long-range dependencies in language sequences. As the distance between relevant tokens increases, these models struggle to retain and propagate information over long distances. Inefficiency in Parallelization: RNNs process language input sequentially, making it challenging to parallelize computations across tokens. This limitation hampers their ability to leverage modern hardware with parallel processing capabilities, such as GPUs and TPUs, which are crucial for training large models efficiently. Gradient Vanishing and Exploding: RNNs suffer from the vanishing and exploding gradient problems during training. In long sequences, gradients may become very small or very large, leading to difficulties in learning and convergence. Reducing Computation Complexity: Traditional sequential models have quadratic computational complexity with respect to the sequence length, making them computationally expensive for processing long sequences. The Transformer architecture, with its self-attention mechanism, addresses these limitations and offers several advantages. Architecture The Transformer architecture represented earlier in Figure 3-1 uses a combination of stacked self-attention and point-wise, fully connected layers in both the encoder and decoder, as depicted in the left and right halves of the figure, respectively. 35 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Figure 3-1. The encoder-decoder structure of the Transformer architecture. Taken from “Attention Is All You Need” by Vaswani Encoder-Decoder Architecture The Transformer architecture employs both the encoder stack and the decoder stack, each consisting of multiple layers, to process input sequences and generate output sequences effectively. Encoder The encoder represented earlier in Figure 3-2 is built with a stack of N = 6 identical layers, with each layer comprising two sub-layers. The first sub-layer employs a 36 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers multi-­head self-attention mechanism, allowing the model to attend to different parts of the input sequence simultaneously. The second sub-layer is a simple, position-wise fully connected feed-forward network, which further processes the output of the self-­ attention mechanism. Figure 3-2. The encoder-decoder structure of the Transformer architecture. Taken from “Attention Is All You Need” To ensure smooth information flow and facilitate learning, a residual connection is adopted around each of the two sub-layers. This means that the output of each sub-layer is added to the original input, allowing the model to learn and update the representations effectively. To maintain the stability of the model during training, layer normalization is applied to the output of each sub-layer. This standardizes and normalizes the representations, preventing them from becoming too large or too small during the training process. Furthermore, to enable the incorporation of residual connections, all sub-layers in the model, including the embedding layers, produce outputs of dimension dmodel = 512. This dimensionality helps in capturing the intricate patterns and dependencies within the data, contributing to the model’s overall performance. Decoder The decoder shown earlier in Figure 3-3 in our model is structured similarly to the encoder, consisting of a stack of N = 6 identical layers. Each decoder layer, like the encoder layer, contains two sub-layers for multi-head self-attention and position-wise 37 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers feed-forward networks. Conversely, the decoder introduces an additional third sub-­ layer, which utilizes multi-head attention to process the output of the encoder stack. Figure 3-3. The encoder-decoder structure of the Transformer architecture. Taken from “Attention Is All You Need” The purpose of this third sub-layer is to enable the decoder to access and leverage the contextualized representations generated by the encoder. By attending to the encoder’s output, the decoder can align the input and output sequences, improving the quality of the generated output sequence. To ensure effective learning and smooth information flow, the decoder, like the encoder, employs residual connections around each sub-layer, followed by layer normalization. This allows the model to maintain and propagate useful information effectively throughout the decoding process. In contrast to the self-attention mechanism employed in the encoder, the self-­ attention sub-layer in the decoder is subject to a crucial modification. This alteration is designed to prevent positions within the sequence from attending to subsequent positions. The rationale behind this masking technique is pivotal in the realm of sequence-to-sequence tasks. Its primary objective is to ensure that the decoder generates output tokens in a manner known as “autoregression.” 38 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Autoregression is a fundamental concept in sequence generation tasks. It denotes that during the decoding process, the decoder is granted the capability to attend solely to the tokens it has previously generated. This deliberate restriction ensures that the decoder adheres to the correct sequential order when producing output tokens. In practical terms, imagine the task of translating a sentence from one language to another. Autoregression guarantees that as the decoder generates each word of the translated sentence, it bases its decision on the words it has already translated. This mimics the natural progression of human language generation, where the context is built progressively, word by word. By attending only to prior tokens, the decoder ensures that it respects the semantic and syntactic structure of the output sequence, maintaining coherence and fidelity to the input. In essence, autoregression is the mechanism that allows the decoder to “remember” what it has generated so far, ensuring that each subsequent token is contextually relevant and appropriately positioned within the sequence. It plays a pivotal role in the success of sequence-to-sequence tasks, where maintaining the correct order of token generation is of utmost importance. To achieve this, the output embeddings of the decoder are offset by one position. As a result, the predictions for position “i” in the output sequence can only depend on the known outputs at positions less than “i.” This mechanism ensures that the model generates the output tokens in an autoregressive manner, one token at a time, without access to information from future tokens. By incorporating these modifications in the decoder stack, our model can effectively process and generate output sequences in sequence-to-sequence tasks, such as machine translation or text generation. The attention mechanism over the encoder’s output empowers the decoder to align and contextually understand the input, while the autoregressive decoding mechanism guarantees the coherent generation of output tokens based on the learned context. Attention An attention function in the context of the Transformer architecture can be defined as a mapping between a query vector and a set of key–value pairs, resulting in an output vector. This function calculates the attention weights between the query and each key in the set and then uses these weights to compute a weighted sum of the corresponding values. 39 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Here’s a step-by-step explanation of the attention function: Inputs Query Vector (Q): The query represents the element to which we want to attend. In the context of the Transformer, this is typically a word or token that the model is processing at a given time step. Key Vectors (K): The set of key vectors represents the elements that the query will attend to. In the Transformer, these are often the embeddings of the other words or tokens in the input sequence. Value Vectors (V): The set of value vectors contains the information associated with each key. In the Transformer, these are also the embeddings of the words or tokens in the input sequence. Calculating Attention Scores The attention function calculates attention scores, which measure the relevance or similarity between the query and each key in the set. This is typically done by taking the dot product between the query vector (Q) and each key vector (K), capturing the similarity between the query and each key. Calculating Attention Weights 40 The attention scores are transformed into attention weights by applying the softmax function. The softmax function normalizes the scores, converting them into probabilities that sum up to 1. The attention weights represent the importance or relevance of each key concerning the query. Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Weighted Sum The output vector is computed as the weighted sum of the value vectors (V), using the attention weights as the weights. Each value vector is multiplied by its corresponding attention weight, and all the weighted vectors are summed together to produce the final output vector. The output vector captures the contextual information from the value vectors based on the attention weights, representing the attended information relevant to the query. The attention mechanism allows the model to selectively focus on the most relevant parts of the input sequence while processing each element (query). This ability to attend to relevant information from different parts of the sequence is a key factor in the Transformer’s success in various natural language processing tasks as it enables the model to capture long-range dependencies and contextual relationships effectively. Scaled Dot-Product Attention The specific attention mechanism shown in Figure 3-4 employed in the Transformer is called “Scaled Dot-Product Attention,” which is depicted in the preceding picture. Let’s break down how Scaled Dot-Product Attention works: Figure 3-4. The Scaled Dot-Product Attention structure of the Transformer architectureTaken from “Attention Is All You Need” 41 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Input and Matrices The input to Scaled Dot-Product Attention consists of queries (Q), keys (K), and values (V), each represented as vectors of dimension dk and dv. For each word in the input sequence, we create three vectors: a query vector, a key vector, and a value vector. These vectors are learned during the training process and represent the learned embeddings of the input tokens. Dot Product and Scaling The Scaled Dot-Product Attention computes attention scores by performing the dot product between the query vector (Q) and each key vector (K). The dot product measures the similarity or relevance between the query and each key. The dot product of two vectors is the result of summing up the element-wise products of their corresponding components. To stabilize the learning process and prevent very large values in the dot product, the dot products are scaled down by dividing by the square root of the dimension of the key vector (`√dk`). This scaling factor of `√1/dk` is crucial in achieving stable and efficient attention computations. Softmax and Attention Weights 42 After calculating the scaled dot products, we apply the softmax function to transform them into attention weights. The softmax function normalizes the attention scores, converting them into probabilities that sum up to 1. Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers The attention weights indicate the significance or relevance of each key in relation to the current query. Higher attention weights indicate that the corresponding value will contribute more to the final context vector. Matrix Formulation and Efficiency Scaled Dot-Product Attention is designed for efficient computation using matrix operations. In practical applications, the attention function is performed on a set of queries (packed together into a matrix Q), keys (packed together into a matrix K), and values (packed together into a matrix V) simultaneously. The resulting matrix of outputs is then computed as follows: Attention(Q, K, V) = softmax(QK^T / √dk) * V Where matrices Q are queries, K is keys, and V is values. This matrix formulation allows for highly optimized matrix multiplication operations, making the computation more efficient and scalable. Scaled Dot-Product Attention has proven to be a critical component in the Transformer architecture, enabling the model to handle long-range dependencies and contextual information effectively. By attending to relevant information in the input sequence, the Transformer can create contextualized representations for each word, leading to remarkable performance in various natural language processing tasks, including machine translation, text generation, and language understanding. The use of matrix operations further enhances the computational efficiency of Scaled Dot-Product Attention, making the Transformer a powerful model for processing sequences of different lengths and complexities. Multi-Head Attention Multi-head attention shown earlier in Figure 3-5 is an extension of the Scaled Dot-­ Product Attention used in the Transformer architecture. It enhances the expressive power of the attention mechanism by applying multiple sets of attention computations 43 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers in parallel, allowing the model to capture different types of dependencies and relationships in the input sequence. Figure 3-5. The multi-head attention structure of the Transformer architectureTaken from “Attention Is All You Need” In the original Transformer paper (“Attention Is All You Need”), the authors introduced the concept of multi-head attention to overcome the limitations of single-­ headed attention, such as the restriction to a single attention pattern for all words. ­Multi-­ head attention allows the model to attend to different parts of the input simultaneously, enabling it to capture diverse patterns and dependencies. Here’s how multi-head attention works: Input and Linear Projections 44 Like in Scaled Dot-Product Attention, multi-head attention takes as input queries (Q), keys (K), and values (V), with each represented as vectors of dimension dk and dv. Instead of using the same learned projections for all attention heads, the input queries, keys, and values are linearly projected multiple times to create different sets of query, key, and value vectors for each attention head. Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Multiple Attention Heads Multi-head attention introduces multiple attention heads, typically denoted by “h.” Each attention head has its own set of linear projections to create distinct query, key, and value vectors. The number of attention heads, denoted as “h,” is a hyperparameter and can be adjusted based on the complexity of the task and the model’s capacity. Scaled Dot-Product Attention per Head For each attention head, the Scaled Dot-Product Attention mechanism is applied independently, calculating attention scores, scaling, and computing attention weights as usual. This means that for each head, a separate context vector is derived using the attention weights. Concatenation and Linear Projection After calculating the context vectors for each attention head, they are concatenated into a single matrix. The concatenated matrix is then linearly projected into the final output dimension. Model’s Flexibility By employing multiple attention heads, the model gains flexibility in capturing different dependencies and patterns in the input sequence. Each attention head can learn to focus on different aspects of the input, allowing the model to extract diverse and complementary information. Multi-head attention is a powerful mechanism that enhances the expressive capacity of the Transformer architecture. It enables the model to handle various language patterns, dependencies, and relationships, leading to superior performance in complex natural 45 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers language processing tasks. The combination of Scaled Dot-Product Attention with multiple attention heads has been a key factor in the Transformer’s success and its ability to outperform previous state-of-the-art models in a wide range of NLP tasks. The Transformer architecture utilizes multi-head attention in three distinct ways, each serving a specific purpose in the model’s functioning: 1. Encoder-Decoder Attention: In the encoder-decoder attention layers, the queries are generated from the previous decoder layer, representing the context from the current decoding step. The memory keys and values are derived from the output of the encoder, representing the encoded input sequence. This allows each position in the decoder to attend overall positions in the input sequence, enabling the model to align relevant information from the input to the output during the decoding process. This attention mechanism mimics the typical encoder-decoder attention used in sequence-to-sequence models, which is fundamental in tasks like machine translation. 2. Encoder Self-Attention: In the encoder, self-attention layers are applied, where all the keys, values, and queries are derived from the output of the previous layer in the encoder. Each position in the encoder can attend to all positions in the previous layer of the encoder, allowing the model to capture dependencies and contextual relationships within the input sequence effectively. Encoder self-attention is crucial for the model to understand the interdependencies of words in the input sequence. 3. Decoder Self-Attention with Masking: 46 The decoder also contains self-attention layers, but with a critical difference from encoder self-attention. Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers In the decoder’s self-attention mechanism, each position in the decoder can attend to all positions in the decoder up to and including that position. However, to preserve the autoregressive property (ensuring that each word is generated in the correct sequence), the model needs to prevent leftward information flow in the decoder. To achieve this, the input to the softmax function (which calculates attention weights) is masked by setting certain values to -∞ (negative infinity), effectively making some connections illegal. The masking prevents the model from attending to positions that would violate the autoregressive nature of the decoder, ensuring the generation of words in the correct order during text generation tasks. Position-wise Feed-Forward Networks Position-wise feed-forward networks (FFNs) are an essential component of the Transformer architecture, used in both the encoder and decoder layers. They play a key role in introducing nonlinearity and complexity to the model by processing each position in the input sequence independently and identically. Example: Given an input sequence X = {x_1, x_2,..., x_seq_len} of shape (seq_len, d_model), where seq_len is the length of the sequence and d_model is the dimension of the word embeddings (e.g., d_model = 512): 1. Feed-Forward Architecture: The position-wise feed-forward network consists of two linear transformations with a ReLU activation function applied elementwise in between: FFN_1(X) = max(0, X * W1 + b1) FFN_Output = FFN_1(X) * W2 + b2 47 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Here, FFN_1 represents the output after the first linear transformation with weights W1 and biases b1. The ReLU activation function introduces nonlinearity by setting negative values to zero while leaving positive values unchanged. The final output FFN_Output is obtained after the second linear transformation with weights W2 and biases b2. This output is then element-wise added to the input as part of a residual connection. 2. Dimensionality: The input and output of the position-wise feed-forward networks have a dimensionality of d_model = 512, which is consistent with the word embeddings in the Transformer model. The inner layer of the feed-­forward network has a dimensionality of df f = 2048. 3. Parameter Sharing: While the linear transformations are consistent across various positions in the sequence, each layer employs distinct learnable parameters. This design can also be thought of as two onedimensional convolutions with a kernel size of 1. Position-wise feed-forward networks enable the Transformer model to capture complex patterns and dependencies within the input sequence, complementing the attention mechanism. They introduce nonlinearity to the model, allowing it to learn and process information effectively, which has contributed to the Transformer’s impressive performance in various natural language processing tasks. Position Encoding Positional encoding shown in Figure 3-6 is a critical component of the Transformer architecture, introduced to address the challenge of incorporating the positional information of words in a sequence. Unlike traditional recurrent neural networks (RNNs) that inherently capture the sequential order of words, Transformers operate on the entire input sequence simultaneously using self-attention. However, as self-attention does not inherently consider word order, positional encoding is necessary to provide the model with the positional information. 48 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Figure 3-6. The position encoding of the Transformer architectureTaken from “Attention Is All You Need” Importance of Positional Encoding: In the absence of positional encoding, the Transformer would treat the input as a “bag of words” without any notion of word order, which could result in the loss of sequential information. With positional encoding, the Transformer can distinguish between words in different positions, allowing the model to understand the relative and absolute positions of words within the sequence. 49 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Formula for Positional Encoding: The positional encoding is added directly to the input embeddings of the Transformer. It consists of sinusoidal functions of different frequencies to encode the position of each word in the sequence. The formula for the positional encoding is as follows: PE(pos, 2i) = sin(pos / 10000^(2i/d_model)) PE(pos, 2i+1) = cos(pos / 10000^(2i/d_model)) Where –– “PE(pos, 2i)” represents the i-th dimension of the positional encoding for the word at position “pos.” –– “PE(pos, 2i+1)” represents the (i+1)-th dimension of the positional encoding for the word at position “pos.” –– “i” is the index of the dimension, ranging from 0 to “d_model - 1.” –– The variable pos represents the position of the word in the sequence. –– “d_model” is the dimension of the word embeddings (e.g., d_model = 512). Interpretation The use of sine and cosine functions in the positional encoding introduces a cyclical pattern, allowing the model to learn different positional distances and generalizing to sequences of varying lengths. The positional encoding is added to the input embeddings before being passed through the encoder and decoder layers of the Transformer. Positional encoding enriches the word embeddings with positional information, enabling the Transformer to capture the sequence’s temporal relationships and effectively process the input data, making it one of the essential components that contributes to the Transformer’s success in natural language processing tasks. 50 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Advantages and Limitations of Transformer Architecture Like any other architectural design, the Transformer has its advantages and limitations. Let’s explore them: Advantages 1. Parallelization and Efficiency: The Transformer’s self-attention mechanism allows for parallel processing of input sequences, making it highly efficient and suitable for distributed computing, leading to faster training times compared to sequential models like RNNs. 2. Long-Range Dependencies: Thanks to the self-attention mechanism, the model can effectively capture long-range dependencies between words in a sequence. 3. Scalability: The Transformer’s attention mechanism exhibits constant computational complexity with respect to the sequence length, making it more scalable than traditional sequential models, which often suffer from increasing computational costs for longer sequences. 4. Transfer Learning with Transformer: The Transformer architecture has demonstrated exceptional transferability in learning. Pre-trained models, such as BERT and GPT, serve as strong starting points for various natural language processing tasks. By fine-­tuning these models on specific tasks, researchers and practitioners can achieve state-­of-­the-art results without significant architectural modifications. This transferability has led to widespread adoption and the rapid advancement of NLP applications. 5. Contextual Embeddings: The Transformer produces contextualized word embeddings, meaning that the meaning of a word can change based on its context in the sentence. This capability improves the model’s ability to understand word semantics and word relationships. 51 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers 6. Global Information Processing: Unlike RNNs, which process sequential information sequentially and may lose context over time, the Transformer processes the entire input sequence simultaneously, allowing for global information processing. Limitations 1. Attention Overhead for Long Sequences: While the Transformer is efficient for parallelization, it still faces attention overhead for very long sequences. Processing extremely long sequences can consume significant computational resources and memory. 2. Lack of Sequential Order: The Transformer processes words in parallel, which might not fully exploit the inherent sequential nature of some tasks, leading to potential suboptimal performance for tasks where order matters greatly. Although positional encoding is used to provide positional information to the model, it does so differently from traditional RNNs. While it helps the Transformer understand the sequence’s order, it does not capture it explicitly as RNNs do. This distinction is important to note in understanding how Transformers handle sequential information. 3. Excessive Parameterization: The Transformer has a large number of parameters, especially in deep models, which can make training more challenging, especially with limited data and computational resources. 4. Inability to Handle Unstructured Inputs: The Transformer is designed primarily for sequences, such as natural language sentences. It may not be the best choice for unstructured inputs like images or tabular data. 5. Fixed Input Length: For the most part, the Transformer architecture requires fixed-­length input sequences due to the use of positional encodings. Handling variable-­length sequences may require additional preprocessing or padding. It’s worth noting that there are some length-adaptive variants of the Transformer architecture that offer more flexibility in this regard. 52 Chapter 3 LLMs and Transformers Conclusion In conclusion, large language models (LLMs) based on the Transformer architecture have emerged as a groundbreaking advancement in the realm of natural language processing. Their ability to capture long-range dependencies, combined with extensive pre-training on vast datasets, has revolutionized natural language understanding tasks. LLMs have demonstrated remarkable performance across various language-­ related challenges, outperforming traditional approaches and setting new benchmarks. Moreover, they exhibit great potential in language generation and creativity, capable of producing humanlike text and engaging stories. However, alongside their numerous advantages, ethical considerations loom large, including concerns regarding biases, misinformation, and potential misuse. Researchers and engineers are actively working on addressing these challenges to ensure responsible AI deployment. Looking ahead, the future of LLMs and Transformers promises exciting opportunities, with potential applications in diverse domains like education, healthcare, customer support, and content generation. As the field continues to evolve, LLMs are poised to reshape how we interact with and comprehend language, opening new possibilities for transformative impact in the years to come. 53 CHAPTER 4 The ChatGPT Architecture: An In-Depth Exploration of OpenAI’s Conversational Language Model In recent years, significant advancements in natural language processing (NLP) have paved the way for more interactive and humanlike conversational agents. Among these groundbreaking developments is ChatGPT, an advanced language model created by OpenAI. ChatGPT is based on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture and is designed to engage in dynamic and contextually relevant conversations with users. ChatGPT represents a paradigm shift in the world of conversational AI, allowing users to interact with a language model in a more conversational manner. Its ability to understand context, generate coherent responses, and maintain the flow of conversation has captivated both researchers and users alike. As the latest iteration of NLP models, ChatGPT has the potential to transform how we interact with technology and information. This chapter explores the intricacies of the ChatGPT architecture, delving into its underlying mechanisms, training process, and capabilities. We will uncover how ChatGPT harnesses the power of transformers, self-attention, and vast amounts of pre-­training data to become an adept conversationalist. Additionally, we will discuss the strengths and limitations of ChatGPT, along with the ethical considerations surrounding its use. With ChatGPT at the forefront of conversational AI, this chapter aims to shed light on the fascinating world of state-of-the-art language models and their impact on the future of human–computer interaction. © Akshay Kulkarni, Adarsha Shivananda, Anoosh Kulkarni, Dilip Gudivada 2023 A. Kulkarni et al., Applied Generative AI for Beginners, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9994-4_4 55 Chapter 4      THE CHATGPT ARCHITECTURE: AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF OPENAI’S CONVERSATIONAL LANGUAGE MODEL The Evolution of GPT Models The evolution of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) models has been marked by a series of significant advancements. Each new version of the model has typically featured an increase in the number of parameters and has been trained on a more diverse and comprehensive dataset. Here is a brief history: 1. GPT-1: The original GPT model, introduced by OpenAI in 2018, was based on the Transformer model. This model was composed of 12 layers, each with 12 self-­attention heads and a total of 117 million parameters. It used unsupervised learning and was trained on the BookCorpus dataset, a collection of 7,000 unpublished books. 2. GPT-2: OpenAI released GPT-2 in 2019, which marked a significant increase in the scale of the model. It was composed of 48 layers and a total of 1.5 billion parameters. This version was trained on a larger corpus of text data scraped from the Internet, covering a more diverse range of topics and styles. However, due to concerns about potential misuse, OpenAI initially decided not to release the full model, instead releasing smaller versions and later releasing the full model as those concerns were addressed. 3. GPT-3: GPT-3, introduced in 2020, marked another significant step up in scale, with 175 billion parameters and multiple transformer layers. This model demonstrated an impressive ability to generate text that closely resembled human language. The release of GPT-3 spurred widespread interest in the potential applications of large language models, as well as discussions about the ethical implications and challenges of such powerful models. 4. GPT-4: GPT-4 is a revolutionary multimodal language model with capabilities extending to processing both text and image inputs, describing humor in images, and summarizing text from screenshots. GPT-4’s interactions with external interfaces enable tasks beyond text prediction, making it a transformative tool in natural language processing and various domains. 56 Chapter 4 THE CHATGPT ARCHITECTURE: AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF OPENAI’S CONVERSATIONAL         LANGUAGE MODEL Throughout this evolution, one of the key themes has been the power of scale: generally speaking, larger models trained on more data tend to perform better. However, there’s also been increasing recognition of the challenges associated with larger models, such as the potential for harmful outputs, the increased computational resources required for training, and the need for robust methods for controlling the behavior of these models. The Transformer Architecture: A Recap As mentioned earlier in the previous chapter, we have already explored the Transformer architecture shown in Figure 4-1 in detail. This concise summary serves as a recap of the key components for those readers who are already familiar with the Transformer architecture. For a more comprehensive understanding, readers can refer back to the earlier chapter where the Transformer architecture was thoroughly explained with its components and working mechanisms. 57 Chapter 4      THE CHATGPT ARCHITECTURE: AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF OPENAI’S CONVERSATIONAL LANGUAGE MODEL Figure 4-1. The encoder-decoder structure of the Transformer architectureTaken from “Attention Is All You Need” Here are some key pointers to remember about the Transformer architecture: 58 The Transformer architecture revolutionized natural language processing with its attention-based mechanism. Key components of the Transformer include the self-attention mechanism, encoder-decoder structure, positional encoding, multi-­ head self-attention, and feed-forward neural networks. Self-attention allows the model to weigh the importance of different words and capture long-range dependencies. Chapter 4 THE CHATGPT ARCHITECTURE: AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF OPENAI’S CONVERSATIONAL         LANGUAGE MODEL The encoder-decoder structure is commonly used in machine translation tasks. Positional encoding is used to incorporate word order information into the input sequence. Multi-head self-attention allows the model to attend to multiple parts of the input simultaneously, enhancing its ability to capture complex relationships within the data. Feed-forward neural networks process information from the attention layers. Residual connections and layer normalization stabilize training in deep architectures. Architecture of ChatGPT The GPT architecture plays a foundational role in enabling the capabilities