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Learn how to use DeepSeek-R1 in this crash course for beginners. Learn about the innovative reinforcement learning approach that powers DeepSeek-R1, exploring how it achieves performance comparable to industry giants like OpenAI's o1, but at a fraction of the cost. You'll learn about its architecture, practical applications, and how to deploy this model to leverage its advanced reasoning skills for your own projects.

✏️ Course developed by Andrew Brown from @ExamProChannel .

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⭐️ Contents ⭐️
00:00 Introduction
01:01 DeepSeek Overview
06:13 DeepSeek.com V3
15:36 DeepSeek R1 via Ollama
15:36 DeepSeek R1 via LMStudio
52:12 DeepSeek via Hugging Face Transformers
1:26:06 Thoughts and Conclusions

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DeepSeek-R1 Crash Course

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