LLMs & generative AI Videos Recommended on Hacker News (108)
LLMs & generative AI is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 108 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2016 and 2026 — 225 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Large language models and generative AI: GPT, ChatGPT, transformers, attention, diffusion, image generation, prompting, AI coding assistants, deepfakes, synthetic media, AI products and demos.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Transformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5: “what bade me finally understand the transformer architecture [0] and attention [1], are 3Blue1Brown's videos.” — an HN commenter, 2024.
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10 mo on HNTransformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5
8 mo on HNDeep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT
8 mo on HNLet's build GPT: from scratch, in code, spelled out.
8 mo on HNA Hackers' Guide to Language Models
6 mo on HN[1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language Models
4 mo on HNSparks of AGI: early experiments with GPT-4
5 mo on HNLet's build the GPT Tokenizer
4 mo on HNAttention in transformers, step-by-step | Deep Learning Chapter 6
4 mo on HNThe A.I. Dilemma - March 9, 2023
4 mo on HNLSTM is dead. Long Live Transformers!
4 mo on HNAttention Is All You Need
4 mo on HNPlaying a Neural Network's version of GTA V: GAN Theft Auto
3 mo on HNANIME ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
3 mo on HNWill AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton
3 mo on HNBuilding pi in a World of Slop — Mario Zechner
3 mo on HNState of GPT | BRK216HFS
3 mo on HNDo we need Attention? - Linear RNNs and State Space Models (SSMs) for NLP
3 mo on HNGPT-4chan: This is the worst AI ever
3 mo on HNCS480/680 Lecture 19: Attention and Transformer Networks
2 mo on HNThe spelled-out intro to language modeling: building makemore
3 mo on HNI tried using AI. It scared me.
2 mo on HNLarge Language Models from scratch
3 mo on HNChris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #381
3 mo on HNAI Language Models & Transformers - Computerphile
2 mo on HNNicholas Carlini - Black-hat LLMs | [un]prompted 2026
2 mo on HNEdward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs | Lex Fridman Podcast #426
2 mo on HNGenerative AI for Krita - With ControlNet
2 mo on HNOpenAI Codex Live Demo
2 mo on HNAI Slop Is Destroying The Internet
2 mo on HNGoogle Engineer on His Sentient AI Claim
2 mo on HNWe Are The Art | Brandon Sanderson’s Keynote Speech
2 mo on HNGenerative AI is a Parasitic Cancer
2 mo on HNWhy ChatGPT Can't Draw a Full Glass of Wine
2 mo on HNAI can't cross this line and we don't know why.
2 mo on HNSassy Justice with Fred Sassy (Full Episode) | Deep Fake and Deep Fake: The Movie
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