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hypfer | on: Sebastian Raschka's from-scratch video course on building reasoning models
I'm a bit confused as to who this is for - apart from learning how the tech works that is.

If you're truly going to build your own model (and commit to the cost of that), then video tutorials will not cut it.

And if you don't really, then I wonder if this is really the best style of conveying the information you'd be interested in?

I mean I might be wrong and maybe this helps emerging players or something like that, but to me it is more likely that this is more of a monetisation strategy of a personal brand. Living off selling to people that think they _should_ but then in the end don't.

TheCowboy | parent | next
You can follow his book and learn how to build an LLM from scratch. What is the issue?

It's also not a bad foundation for people who want to understand how these things are trained and work.

john_strinlai | parent | next
>apart from learning how the tech works that is.

some people enjoy learning how the tech works

ghurtado | root | parent
"apart from learning how to make cookies at home, I really don't see the point of this cookie recipe"
lucasoshiro | parent | next
Why teach people to play guitar once a week if they won't be a new Jimi Hendrix? Why teach people to run if they won't be a new Usain Bolt?

Maybe because they don't want to be an "emerging player" or something, they only want to understand how a new technology that is changing the world works and prefer to learn by doing.

If Sebastian is doing it by its personal brand, he really deserves it. I would trust him because I know he is a reference on his area of knowledge and I know he is because he shares his knowledge instead of only making fancy talks.

Lucasoato | parent | next
Let’s not be this negative, we might be going towards a new direction with technology that could allow small teams to build their own models. Maybe not frontier models. Maybe not close to the others in generalized benchmarks. But perhaps they could be really specialized into solving one particular problem better than the others.
siva7 | parent | next
You wrote so many words to say .. nothing of substance .. i still have no clue what you are criticizing.
hypfer | root | parent
I think you actually do and that is exactly what resulted in this style of reply.

It's a critique of the people and the lack of substance. But not of the author. The author is highly capable.

CamperBob2 | parent | next
If you're truly going to build your own model (and commit to the cost of that), then video tutorials will not cut it.

That makes no sense. It's like saying if you want an engineering degree, going to lectures will not cut it. Of course not, you have to do the homework and projects too.

hypfer | root | parent
Yeah but if it is not all that useful, why is it saying that it is "from scratch" and what is it doing on #1 of the front page?

Something is off here. It indeed makes no sense

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augment_me | parent
People are going to be upset about this, but any learning material in this day and age is solely made for your own understanding when writing it. The LLMs can be better teachers and understand your level of need and engagement better than anyone else.