Lesson 2: Byte Pair Encoding in AI Explained with a Spreadsheet 

In this tutorial, we delve into the concept of Byte Pair Encoding (BPE) used in AI language processing, employing a practical and accessible tool: the spreadsheet.
This video is part of our series that aims to simplify complex AI concepts using spreadsheets. If you can read a spreadsheet, you can understand the inner workings of modern artificial intelligence.
🧠 Who Should Watch:
- Individuals interested in AI and natural language processing.
- Students and educators in computer science.
- Anyone seeking to understand how AI processes language.
🤖 What You'll Learn:
Tokenization Basics: An introduction to how tokenization works in language models like Chat GPT.
Byte Pair Encoding (BPE): Detailed walkthrough of the BPE algorithm, including its learning phase and application in language data tokenization.
Spreadsheet Simulation: A hands-on demonstration of the GPT-2's tokenization process via a spreadsheet model.
Limitations and Alternatives: Discussion on the challenges of BPE and a look at other tokenization methods.
🔗 Resources:
Learn more and download the Excel sheet at spreadsheets-a...