AI by Hand ✍️

AI by Hand ✍️

Module 2: LLM to RAG to Agents

Introduction to Agentic AI Course

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Prof. Tom Yeh
Jan 16, 2026
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LLM Chat

In this lesson, I show how chat turned large language models into a world-scale app by letting anyone ask questions and get answers powered by internet-scale training data. I also “do it by hand” in Excel—copying a prompt into a model and pasting the response back—so you can clearly see the simple input → model → output flow.

LLM Programming Libraries

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