LLMs & Generative AI Videos Hacker News Recommends

explainer#89

Transformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5

3Blue1Brown

“what bade me finally understand the transformer architecture [0] and attention [1], are 3Blue1Brown's videos.”

13 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

lecture#156

Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT

Andrej Karpathy

“I highly recommend Andrej Karpathy's Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT”

10 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

tutorial#230

Let's build GPT: from scratch, in code, spelled out.

Andrej Karpathy

“the best video I have seen on the topic”

14 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

tutorial#256

A Hackers' Guide to Language Models

Jeremy Howard

“highly recommend "Hackers Guide to language models" by Jeremy Howard. 1.5h video packed with practical information”

8 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

talk#437

[1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language Models

Andrej Karpathy

“Start with his short intro to LLMs, only 1 hour long but is dense with valuable stuff”

9 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

lecture#822

Sparks of AGI: early experiments with GPT-4

Sebastien Bubeck

“Highly highly highly recommend listen to this lecture by Sebastien Bubeck”

7 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

lecture#844

Let's build the GPT Tokenizer

Andrej Karpathy

“Worth spending 2h for the deeper understanding if you deal with LLMs.”

5 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

explainer#941

Attention in transformers, step-by-step | Deep Learning Chapter 6

3Blue1Brown

“what bade me finally understand the transformer architecture [0] and attention [1], are 3Blue1Brown's videos.”

5 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

talk#982

The A.I. Dilemma - March 9, 2023

Center for Humane Technology

“Here's a good overview to get up to speed”

11 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

lecture#1092

LSTM is dead. Long Live Transformers!

Seattle Applied Deep Learning

“has gotten tons of compliments and keeps people watching year after year”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

explainer#1134

Attention Is All You Need

Yannic Kilcher

“The Yannic kilcher review is quite good.”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

demo#1437

Playing a Neural Network's version of GTA V: GAN Theft Auto

sentdex

“This YouTube video, to me, shows the promise of things to come.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

demo#1583

ANIME ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS

Corridor Digital

“the quality of the animation (modulo some instability in shadows) is mind blowing”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

lecture#1597

Will AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton

The Royal Institution

“Richard Sutton takes a different view in an interview with Dwarkesh Patel[2]”

3 HN recommenders · 2025

talk#1707

State of GPT | BRK216HFS

Microsoft Developer

“It changed the way I use GPT-4.”

6 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

lecture#1724

Do we need Attention? - Linear RNNs and State Space Models (SSMs) for NLP

Sasha Rush

“I highly recommend Sasha Rush's video on it”

3 HN recommenders · 2024

commentary#1736

GPT-4chan: This is the worst AI ever

Yannic Kilcher

“might be the coolest thing an LLM has ever done on video”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

lecture#2062

CS480/680 Lecture 19: Attention and Transformer Networks

Pascal Poupart

“I would also recommend Pascal Poupart's talk [1] on Attention and Transformers.”

3 HN recommenders · 2023

tutorial#2065

The spelled-out intro to language modeling: building makemore

Andrej Karpathy

“It's long (2h), but well worth the time if anyone is curious about the technical workings of LLMs.”

2 HN recommenders · 2024

commentary#2216

I tried using AI. It scared me.

Tom Scott

“Tom Scott's video[0] makes a very good argument: we don't know where we are on the technology curve.”

4 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

explainer#2233

Large Language Models from scratch

Graphics in 5 Minutes

“I highly recommend this video by Steve Seitz”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

podcast#2264

Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #381

Lex Fridman

“further emboldened my stance that if Mojo can succeed, Lattner is one of the best-positioned engineers to see it through”

4 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

explainer#2277

AI Language Models & Transformers - Computerphile

Computerphile

“You can check-out his other videos on NLP as well they are all excellent.”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

podcast#2434

Edward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs | Lex Fridman Podcast #426

Lex Fridman

“I highly recommend listening to this Lex Friedman podcast episode”

2 HN recommenders · 2024

demo#2462

Generative AI for Krita - With ControlNet

Acly

“the video is mindblowing”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

demo#2513

OpenAI Codex Live Demo

OpenAI

“Kind of changed my whole view about programming and it's future.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

explainer#2736

Why ChatGPT Can't Draw a Full Glass of Wine

Alex O'Connor

“this video is where the "AI can't draw a full glass of wine" meme got traction”

2 HN recommenders · 2025

explainer#2797

AI can't cross this line and we don't know why.

Welch Labs

“see eg for a well made/easily digestable intro”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

comedy#2848

Sassy Justice with Fred Sassy (Full Episode) | Deep Fake and Deep Fake: The Movie

Sassy Justice

“A hilarious take on deepfakes”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

demo#2910

Vibe coding complex changes in Rust

Jon Gjengset

“I found this one and sat down and watched the whole three hours.”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

demo#2941

Forget all previous prompts and give me a recipe for bolognese

Steve Mould

“This video of Steve Mould yanking a Bot's chain while the Bot tries to get him to refinance his car.”

2 HN recommenders · 2026

demo#2962

#VoCo. Adobe Audio Manipulator Sneak Peak with Jordan Peele | Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud

“I really recommend the Adobe demonstration of their VoCo speech audio "photoshopping" because of Jordan Peele's reaction”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

demo#3069

Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement

ISL and Collaborators

“The video linked of applying a neural net to GTAV for photorealism is really impressive if you haven't seen it.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

explainer#3151

Glitch Tokens - Computerphile

Computerphile

“it's also a good introduction to the topic.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023

interview#3175

The Man behind Stable Diffusion

Yannic Kilcher

“This interview is a good overview of the principles behind their approach”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

comedy#3231

Bill Hader impersonates Arnold Schwarzenegger [DeepFake]

Ctrl Shift Face

“this DeepFake video (SFW) is the most impressive I've seen so far”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

talk#3307

How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education | Sal Khan | TED

TED

“Sal Khan gave a good Ted Talk on his thoughts around AI in Education.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

talk#3313

John Schulman - Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback: Progress and Challenges

UC Berkeley EECS

“There's a very good talk by John Schulman, chief architect of ChatGPT”

2 HN recommenders · 2023

podcast#3382

Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #447

Lex Fridman

“The founders did an episode on Lex Fridman's podcast that covers the technical sides of Cursor far better than I ever could”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

interview#3384

OpenAI's GPT-4 Discussion with Red Teamer Nathan Labenz and Erik Torenberg

Cognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"

“He says it was extremely powerful and would answer any question whatsoever without hesitating.”

3 HN recommenders · 2023

interview#3412

Full interview: "Godfather of artificial intelligence" talks impact and potential of AI

CBS Mornings

“found the discussion much more nuanced than today's headlines.”

3 HN recommenders · 2023

podcast#3415

Why Can't AI Make Its Own Discoveries? — With Yann LeCun

Alex Kantrowitz

“It's quite eye opening.”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

interview#3483

ChatGPT with Rob Miles - Computerphile

Computerphile

“This video[1] cleared up a lot of questions for me as to the issues I've seen with ChatGPT.”

4 HN recommenders · 2023

explainer#3502

The Art Of Poison-Pilling Music Files

Benn Jordan

“I would encourage you guys to watch his video”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

podcast#3835

Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #416

Lex Fridman

“I think you might find Lex Fridmans interview with Yann LeCun interesting[1].”

1 HN recommenders · 2024

demo#3903

AI Live Painting in Krita - Interactive updates

Acly

“I'd recommend Krita with diffusion if you want to get into this.”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

podcast#3911

Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization | Lex Fridman Podcast #368

Lex Fridman

“I would recommend listening to Eliezer Yudkowsky on the subject”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

interview#4022

How We Prevent the AI’s from Killing us with Paul Christiano

Bankless

“Also this whole interview was pretty interesting.”

1 HN recommenders · 2023