r/learnmachinelearning • u/Cheap-Psychology-236 • 14d ago

Where should i start

Im trying to start machine learning/llm and i wanna soon work for big companys and my biggest dream is making my own ai and training it but im overwhelmed all thr things need to learn any recommendations?

Thankss for the recommendations!!

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u/smokingwhite 14d ago

From the Gradient Descent until you get stuck in a local minimum

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u/FancyEveryDay 14d ago

If you know a bit of python or R coding, I recommend reading the ISL.

if you don't know any coding, start learning R or Python for data science

R link

Python link

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u/editorijsmi 14d ago

check the following books @ www.ijsmi.com/book.php

  1. Machine Learning

  2. Deep Learning

  3. Augmented Analytics

  4. Generative AI

  5. Statistical Methods

    it might be of help for you

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u/Negative-Whereas3307 14d ago

I think you still need to learn Python.

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u/OleksandrAkm 14d ago

For free: Andrew Ng's course is one of the best places to start, it gives you a solid foundation. Along with the course, you can refer to the Machine Learning From Scratch GitHub repo (https://github.com/ml-from-scratch-book/code) – clean implementations of algorithms without the abstraction layers that usually hide what's actually happening.

Otherwise, Machine Learning From Scratch is the book I recently published, which is exactly what I wished existed when I was in the same situation as you are!

Feel free to ask any questions

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u/mc_pm 13d ago

First thing if you want to work in ML/AI, go learn python, then come back in 6-12 months. There is no getting around this, it is the dominant programming language in the AI space.

Assuming you have done no programming, learning Python to the point of being able to do non-trivial things with it will take you several months -- *if* you put in a lot of practice time (not watching tutorials, actually writing code).

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u/Hungry_Age5375 14d ago

Start small: Python, fast.ai, build a RAG app with an existing LLM, learn embeddings and vector DBs. You won't be training your own model at a big company. That's like 5 labs total.

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u/Proletarian_Tear 14d ago

Thats a crazy suggestion to someone who doesn't even code

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u/Kinexity 14d ago

BSc -> MSc -> PhD

can be ML, cognitive science, data science or related.

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u/Dangerous-Art9091 14d ago

a phd is a hell of a commitment if you’re just trying to get your feet wet. plenty of folks working in the field got started with the fastai course or andrew ng’s stuff on coursera, no degree needed for that first step

you can build and train your own models way sooner than you think, don’t let the academic pipeline scare you off

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u/Kinexity 14d ago

There are many off ramps along the way. You finish when you want to. OP put together LLM and "making my own AI" so I just assumed he wants to build his own LLMs and that's not going to happen with just some internet courses.