Training an LLM from Scratch on 1800s Texts (160GB Dataset)

Core summary

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A researcher has pre-trained a large language model from scratch using a 160GB dataset (40 billion tokens) of 1800-1875 English texts from London.

Impact & opportunity

What this could mean

This project demonstrates the feasibility of training LLMs on niche historical datasets, offering insights for builders interested in creating domain-specific or historically-informed models.