Lamhot Siagian： 2026年大模型与生成式AI面试与工程实践手册（英文版）

This opening chapter gives the reader a map before the deep divebegins. It defines what a large language model is at a systems level, shows how themodern LLM stack fits together, outlines a practical learning roadmap, and summarizesthe trends shaping hiring in GenAI roles. The goal is to make the rest of the book easierto navigate because readers understand why tokenization, embeddings, attention, retrieval,adaptation, evaluation, and serving appear in this order.

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