Supervised fine-tuning teaches AI new skills. Reinforcement learning fine-tuning makes it better at applying them. But which one should you use? Both methods improve models, but they work very differently. Let’s break it down:
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Building with LLMs: A Collaborative Practitioner’s Guide
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Last year, everything changed from one single dream I had since high school I made happen: writing a book. To be clear, I am not a solo author. We are a whole team (12+ practitioners and educators) dedicated to creating the best resource possible on "Building with LLMs", a
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Essential Transformers Course and Smolagents Training Resources
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A must-read along with the recent "smolagents" course! Fantastic work by @_lewtun
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AI Workflow for Course Research Planning and Lesson Refinement
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Good morning! We’ve ( @towards_AI ) been using AI to research, plan, help us with drafts, and refine our lessons for our courses. It’s been a game-changer for efficiency and quality, especially when coordinating multiple writers. Here's our exact workflow
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AI Transforms Course Creation: Workflow Optimization Guide
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We’ve been using AI to research, plan, help us with drafts, and refine our lessons for our courses. It’s been a game-changer for efficiency and quality, especially when coordinating multiple writers. I’ve just released three short videos that walk you through our exact workflow:
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Basic Laptop Sufficient for API-Based AI Development
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Just a basic laptop is fine! We use APIs with free tiers in the vast majority.
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Must-Read AI Books on LLMs and Engineering Principles
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Finally got my hands on these gems! Along with @chipro
's AI Engineering book, my friend @JayAlammar and his partner @MaartenGr have created a fantastic must-read for anyone in the field. Both will give you amazing insights into LLMs and engineering principles to know as a -

How LLMs Are Changing Every Job Category
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Good morning! Today, I’m sharing our third video out of 6 we made for our “8-hour Generative AI Primer” course. In this one, we share an overview of the impact of LLMs on human work, which is complex and varied across different job categories… https://
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How LLMs Are Transforming Jobs and Employment
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New video! How LLMs Are Changing Every Job (And What You Can Do About It) Here's an overview of the impact of LLMs on human work, which is complex and varied across different job categories… https://
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Master LLM Development: Stay Updated with Our Comprehensive Course
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Struggling to Keep Up with AI? We’ve Got You Covered! We added a final bonus lesson dedicated to staying up-to-date in our course “From Beginner to Advanced LLM Developer”. This list is an update of our very own resource list (the one we use at Towards AI) to help you filter
