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Andrej Karpathy

Andrej Karpathy (a founding member of OpenAI and former director of AI at Tesla) publishes free, in-depth video lectures on neural networks and large language models. His Neural Networks: Zero to Hero series is widely regarded as the best free deep-learning course on the internet.

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Neural Networks: Zero to Hero

Andrej Karpathy's free video series building neural networks from scratch, starting with backpropagation and ending at GPT. Widely considered the single best free deep-learning course available. Taught by an OpenAI founding member and ex-Tesla AI director.

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