AI educator

Jay Alammar

The Illustrated Transformer

Still one of the clearest visual explanations of transformer concepts.

Start with: Read The Illustrated Transformer, then The Illustrated GPT-2.

Videos

Educator videos are listed first. Similar videos are labelled and included when they cover the same skills or adjacent topics.

Hugging Face agents course

Vector search and Weaviate

Pinecone semantic search

Skills

Learner questions

Who should learn from Jay Alammar?

Visual learners, developers should start here when they need transformers, embeddings, and llm concepts. The strongest fit is a learner who wants material in these formats: visual essays.

What should I do first?

Read The Illustrated Transformer, then The Illustrated GPT-2. After that, open one related resource below and write down the exact workflow, concept, or implementation pattern you want to apply.

What problem does this help with?

Still one of the clearest visual explanations of transformer concepts. Use this profile when you are comparing educators by topic, level, format, and practical usefulness rather than browsing random AI content.

How do I compare this with other educators?

Compare the skill coverage, the starting recommendation, and the related videos. If you need transformers, search the directory for that skill and shortlist three profiles before committing to a course, book, or playlist.

Related resources

Resource	Kind	Level	Use when
The Illustrated Transformer Jay Alammar	Visual guide	Beginner to intermediate	Transformer architecture still feels fuzzy.
Hugging Face NLP Course Hugging Face	Free course	Beginner to intermediate	You need the Transformer and NLP basics behind many AI apps.
Pinecone Learn: Retrieval-Augmented Generation Pinecone	Guide	Beginner to intermediate	You need to understand the moving parts of RAG.
The Illustrated Transformer Jay Alammar	Visual essays	Beginner to intermediate	Use this when you want Jay Alammar's material for transformers and related AI skills.
Hugging Face Learn Hugging Face	Free courses	Beginner to advanced	Use this when you want Hugging Face's material for agents and related AI skills.
Machine Learning Crash Course Google for Developers	Course	Beginner	Use this when you want Google for Developers's material for ml foundations and related AI skills.
Neural Networks series 3Blue1Brown	Animated videos	Beginner to intermediate	Use this when you want 3Blue1Brown's material for neural networks and related AI skills.
Pinecone Learn Pinecone	Guides	Beginner to advanced	Use this when you want Pinecone's material for vector databases and related AI skills.
Weaviate Academy Weaviate	Academy courses	Beginner to intermediate	Use this when you want Weaviate's material for vector search and related AI skills.
Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning Stanford CS224N	Lectures	Intermediate to advanced	Use this when you want Stanford CS224N's material for nlp and related AI skills.