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Cerebral Valley

The *first lecture of our Stanford <https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs25/|CS25> V4 Transformers course is now released! Check it out <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKMB5UlVY1E&list=PLoROMvodv4rNiJRchCzutFw5ItR_Z27CM&index=26&ab_channel=StanfordOnline|here>.*

We gave a brief intro and overview of the history of NLP, Transformers and how they work, and their impact. We also discussed recent trends, breakthroughs, applications, and remaining challenges/weaknesses of Transformers. Lastly, Div talked about AI agents.

This is a *super useful lecture* for those who want a more broad *overview of Transformers* and the field right now! Slides are <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oXPs3LXtIVIsVbwTyGjAWj_aWvak9c1uNC4uhkS6glk/edit?usp=sharing|here>. We had a full room (approx. 200 folks in the audience) and over 300+ on Zoom!

P.S. Lectures are on *Thursdays at 4:30-5:50pm PDT at Gates B01 and through <https://stanford.zoom.us/j/99922151759?pwd=dW5CcUtVYkNybGZGY0hMWUZtVkZBZz09|Zoom>, open to all*. Talks will be recorded and released ~2 weeks after each lecture to the same YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoROMvodv4rNiJRchCzutFw5ItR_Z27CM|playlist>. We also have a “Transformers community” Discord <https://discord.gg/2vE7gbsjzA|server> (over 4000 members). Check out our <https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs25/|course website> for more info!