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Day 01 Foundations

How AI Works: Tokens, Attention, and Prediction

Strip away the hype and understand what language models actually do: predict the next token using learned probability distributions. Transformers, attention, and the architecture behind every major AI system today.

~1 hour Intermediate Hands-on Precision AI Academy

Today's Objective

Strip away the hype and understand what language models actually do: predict the next token using learned probability distributions. Transformers, attention, and the architecture behind every major AI system today.

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What's Next

The foundations from today carry directly into Day 2. In the next session the focus shifts to Prompt Engineering That Actually Works — building directly on everything covered here.

Supporting Videos & Reading

Go deeper with these external references.

YouTube
Tokens, Attention, and Prediction — Video Walkthroughs Community tutorials and walkthroughs covering the concepts in this lesson.
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YouTube
Tokens, Attention, and Prediction Explained Deep-dive explanations and live-coding sessions from top educators.
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Official Docs
Official Documentation Primary reference documentation for the technologies covered in this lesson.
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GitHub
Open Source Examples Real-world codebases demonstrating the patterns taught in this lesson.
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Day 1 Checkpoint

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