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Build a Large Language Model from Scratch
Sebastian Raschka ISBN 9781633437166
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Sebastian Raschka ISBN 9781633437166
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This book by Sebastian Raschka came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“Sebastian is the author of two books I highly recommend for beginners and experts alike. First is Build a Large Language Model from Scratch”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Sebastian Raschka and Nathan Lambert: Sebastian Raschka is a machine learning researcher and author of 'Build a Large Language Model from Scratch' and 'Build a Reasoning Model from Scratch.' Nathan Lambert is the post-training lead at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) and author of a definitive book on Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback. Lex Fridman, Sebastian Raschka, and Nathan Lambert survey the 2026 state of AI: LLMs, scaling, open models, China, agents, and AGI.
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