as a lowly application developer who is interested in how llms actually work, where's a good place to start? is there an article or book that most folks would recommend?
All of Andrej Karpathy's stuff on YouTube is absolutely top tier. He's a rare example of a brilliant contributor in his field who is an equally brilliant educator.
Start with his short intro to LLMs, only 1 hour long but is dense with valuable stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g