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Building a language model completely from scratch
What I would like to do
I would like to try to build a language model 100% from scratch if possible, for a learning experience. That means no external libraries and no pre-curated datasets.
- It is ok if the performance is terrible.
- If it is usable for anything, that might be a plus.
Languages
My best language is Python, but I’m open to doing this in a low-level language, like C or Rust; or, possibly JavaScript, or even Haskell. I guess this means it is the abstract structure of the program that interests me, not as much the specific language-specific code that implements it.
Rough idea
I would code a very simple version of the algorithm used in an LLM, presumably a transformer if possible, and to generate the data on my own, I would either write my own independent web crawler, or it would be cool if I could train it off my own language data that I generate somehow - even by talking to the model. Even if in a very restricted and small vocabulary or something.
What I need help with
Please submit concrete information about the architecture of the code, as opposed to external reference materials.
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