What are LLMs, Local LLMs and RAG?

Like most people in tech, I have been enthralled by the possibilities of this new wave of AI. Machine learning has been in the zeitgeist for the greater part of the 2000s. It has powered things like your Amazon and Spotify recommendations long before ChatGPT came along. However, the simplicity of outcomes and how achievable this now is for the average-joe is the real headline grabber

I am on a quest to better understand the foundational blocks of where this …

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