ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · 4 WEEKS · 27 LESSONS
Small Language Models
Master the fundamentals of Small Language Models (SLMs) and their practical applications in real-world scenarios. Learn to develop applications using popular SLM frameworks like Llamafile and Microsoft's Phi-2 model.
Explore the fundamentals and practical applications of Small Language Models (SLMs) in this comprehensive course. Learn about key differences between large and small language models, hands-on experience with Microsoft's Phi-2 model, and practical implementation using Llamafile. The course covers essential concepts, use cases, and development practices for building applications with SLMs, while addressing important considerations around limitations, risks, and challenges in language model deployment.
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02 — Why this course
What you'll walk away with.
Explore the fundamentals and practical applications of Small Language Models (SLMs) in this comprehensive course. Learn about key differences between large and small language models, hands-on experience with Microsoft's Phi-2 model, and practical implementation using Llamafile. The course covers essential concepts, use cases, and development practices for building applications with SLMs, while addressing important considerations around limitations, risks, and challenges in language model deployment.
Understand the fundamental concepts of Small Language Models and their differences from Large Language Models
Master practical implementation using Llamafile and Microsoft's Phi-2 model
Develop hands-on experience in building applications with Small Language Models
Learn to evaluate and choose the right SLM for specific use cases
03 — Syllabus
4 weeks, 27 lessons total.
- Key terms
- Meet your instructor NOAH gift
- Small language models
- Difference LLM SLM
- Microsoft research s phi 2
- Demo phi small language model
- Key terms
- Llamafile
- Getting started Llamafile
- Llava large language and vision assistant
- Llava demo
- Quiz
- Key terms
- Introduction
- Choosing the right SLM for your application
- Limitations of the phi 2 model
- Risks and challenges of language models
- Overview of an SLM application
- Quiz
04 — For teams
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- +Customizable content
- +Ready to start on your schedule
05 — Individual access
Simple, straightforward pricing.
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