---
id: "prereq-llm-basics"
type: "prereq"
source_timestamps: ["01:16:00"]
tags: ["foundational-knowledge"]
related: ["concept-three-levels-of-ai", "entity-claude"]
reason: "Required to understand the transition from basic prompting to building autonomous agents."
---
# Basic Understanding of LLMs

## Why This Is Required

The speakers assume the audience has a baseline familiarity with **Large Language Models (LLMs)** like ChatGPT or [[entity-claude|Claude]].

They do **not** spend time explaining:
- how to create an account,
- what a prompt window is,
- the underlying technology of neural networks.

To fully grasp the concept of building an [[concept-ai-agent|Agent]], one must first understand how to interact with a basic [[concept-three-levels-of-ai|Oracle]]-level AI.

## Reason

> Required to understand the transition from basic prompting to building autonomous agents.