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About this video

In this video:

  • how LLMs, neural networks, and machine learning algorithms based on SBSE work
  • why neural networks don’t “think”
  • what tokens and context windows are
  • how professional prompting works: ZS, FS, RCTF, ToT, CoT
  • what RAG, MCP, and AI agents are
  • why graphics cards are needed
  • how images are generated
  • and why AI is no longer “magic” but an engineering tool

The video will be suitable:

  • for developers
  • for those who are just starting to learn about AI
  • and for everyone who wants to understand how it works without hype and marketing

📌 The video is based on a stream — without cutting out context and with explanations along the way.

Text version

The lecture has been broken down into a text track of 16 chapters — AI for Engineers: Fundamentals. It can be read without a player, searched for on the portal, and each chapter links to the relevant minute of this recording.

Chapter Timestamp
Predictability: what question does AI actually solve? 00:00
Markov chains: prediction without understanding 05:00
Machine learning: images, sound, text 12:15
Neural networks: how to train a model 19:32
Representations: why the model “doesn’t know” what the world looks like 21:10
Large language models: from T9 to transformer 30:13
Tokens, context window, and dialogue memory 38:04
Hardware: why AI needs graphics cards 36:39
Can neural networks think? 34:20
Prompting: RCTF and STAR 43:32
Advanced prompting: ZS, FS, CoT, CoV, ToT 53:53
Diffusion models: how images are generated 01:00:30
RAG, MCP, and agents 01:14:51
Providers, framing, and censorship 01:20:55
SDD, orchestration, and discussions about replacing specialists 01:35:30

Timestamps

00:00 — Научный вопрос и предсказуемость
05:00 — Цепи Маркова
11:12 — Основные вехи ИИ
11:30 — SBSE
12:15 — Машинное обучение: картинки
15:36 — Машинное обучение: аудио
17:22 — Машинное обучение: текст
19:32 — Нейросети и обучение моделей
21:10 — Мы не знаем как выглядит мир
23:38 — Поиск взаимосвязей
30:13 — Большие языковые модели
32:15 — Как LLM понимает текст
34:20 — Могут ли нейросети думать
36:39 — Зачем нужны видеокарты
38:04 — Токеномика
43:32 — Промптинг
47:10 — STAR
53:23 — Польза промптинга
53:53 — Advanced Prompting
53:56 — Zero-shot prompting
54:54 — Few-shot prompting
56:06 — Chain of Thoughts
57:01 — Контекстное окно у LLM
58:02 — Как LLM помнит ваши запросы
01:00:30 — Диффузионные модели
01:01:58 — Как генерируются картинки
01:03:02 — Мотивация провайдеров на оптимизацию
01:06:05 — Chain of Verification
01:06:14 — Tree of Thoughts
01:09:00 — RCTF
01:14:51 — RAG
01:16:00 — Кому нужен промптинг?
01:16:29 — Кому ИИ может помочь?
01:20:55 — DeepSeek vs ChatGPT vs Gigachat
01:21:45 — Фрейминг и цензура
01:35:30 — SDD (Spec-Driven Development)
01:40:34 — Оркестрация
01:42:56 — Подводим итоги
01:46:57 — Самый важный подход для применения ИИ сегодня
01:49:49 — Коротко про MCP и skills
01:51:40 — Про замену специалистов на ИИ