Book Review: Large Language Models (MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series)

It is undeniable that Large Language Models (LLMs) grew in popularity with the rise of ChatGPT in 2022. The technology seemed magical – ask it anything and it would respond as if one talks to a fellow human. Back then, I don't recall people calling ChatGPT an "LLM" (personally, I think the term became popular afterwards) but rather as simply a "chatbot." The latter term is more popular as the…