AI Resources
Curated papers, courses, tools, and reference sites for agentic AI learners at every level — from first-time explorers to practitioners and researchers.
Foundational Papers & Reading
Attention Is All You Need
PaperThe original transformer paper by Vaswani et al. that introduced the architecture powering modern large language models. Essential reading for understanding LLM foundations.
Visit siteReAct: Synergizing Reasoning and Acting
PaperFoundational paper introducing the ReAct pattern for combining reasoning traces with action execution in language model agents.
Visit siteToolformer: Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Use Tools
PaperResearch on how language models can learn to call external APIs and tools autonomously. Core reading for tool-use in agentic AI.
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fast.ai — Practical Deep Learning
CourseFree practical deep learning course with a top-down, hands-on approach. Great for building intuition about modern ML models before diving into agentic architectures.
Visit siteStanford CS224N — NLP with Deep Learning
CourseStanford's NLP course, freely available online. Covers transformers, language models, and advanced NLP — strong foundation for understanding LLMs.
Visit siteDeepLearning.AI Short Courses
CourseFree short courses on LLM application development, prompt engineering, RAG, agents, and more. Taught by practitioners.
Visit siteTools & Frameworks
LangChain Documentation
FrameworkDocumentation for LangChain, one of the most widely used frameworks for building LLM-powered applications and agents.
Visit siteLlamaIndex Documentation
FrameworkDocumentation for LlamaIndex, a framework focused on building RAG systems and connecting LLMs to external data sources.
Visit siteOpenAI Playground
ToolInteractive environment for experimenting with OpenAI models, system prompts, and function calling. Excellent for learning prompt engineering hands-on.
Visit siteReference & Encyclopedias
The Illustrated Transformer
ReferenceJay Alammar's visual walkthrough of the transformer architecture. One of the most widely referenced explanations of attention mechanisms.
Visit siteLilian Weng's Blog — Agents Overview
ReferenceComprehensive overview of LLM-powered autonomous agents by OpenAI's Lilian Weng. Covers planning, memory, tools, and agent patterns.
Visit siteHugging Face Documentation
ReferenceDocumentation and tutorials for the Hugging Face ecosystem — transformers, datasets, model hub, inference endpoints, and more.
Visit siteJournals & News
arXiv — AI / ML
PreprintsOpen-access preprint server for AI and ML research. Read the latest papers before formal publication.
Visit siteThe Batch — deeplearning.ai
NewsletterWeekly newsletter from Andrew Ng's deeplearning.ai covering the most important AI news, research, and developments.
Visit siteQuanta Magazine — Computing
MagazineAward-winning science journalism covering AI, mathematics, and computer science. Accurate, in-depth, and accessible.
Visit siteVideo Lectures
Andrej Karpathy — Neural Networks: Zero to Hero
VideoGround-up video series building neural networks from scratch, culminating in a GPT implementation. The clearest explanation of transformers available.
Visit site3Blue1Brown — Neural Networks
VideoBeautiful visual explanations of neural networks, backpropagation, and attention from 3Blue1Brown.
Visit siteAI Trendified
VideoExplore the most talked-about AI topics with matching TED talks and AI insights. Every day surfaces ideas trending across the web, paired with the most relevant talks and AI-powered summaries.
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