Large language models (LLMs)

Discover how large language models work, their benefits, and why their outputs are not always reliable.

Learning objectives

  • Describe the purpose of a large language model (LLM)
  • Recognise and discuss why the output of an LLM is not always trustworthy
  • Evaluate the appropriateness of an LLM for a range of authentic scenarios

Key vocabulary

Accuracy, Artificial Intelligence, Bias, Data, Language models, Predictions, Trust

Lesson structure

  • LLMs
  • The data
  • Internet search engines vs LLM chatbots
  • Not a human
  • To LLM or not to LLM?

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