Numa Dhamani is an engineer and researcher working at the intersection of technology and society. She is a natural language processing expert with domain expertise in influence operations, security, and privacy. Numa has developed machine learning systems for Fortune 500 companies and social media platforms, as well as for start-ups and nonprofits. She has advised companies and organizations, served as the Principal Investigator on the United States Department of Defense’s research programs, and contributed to multiple international peer-reviewed journals.
This article gives a high-level overview of how LLMs work and their attendant limitations with accessible explanations and anecdotes throughout the piece. We also present advice on how people can introduce them into their workflows.
