The Ultimate Guide to Training BERT from Scratch: The Tokenizer

From Text to Tokens: Your Step-by-Step Guide to BERT Tokenization

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Part I, Part III, and Part IV of this story are now live.

Did you know that the way you tokenize text can make or break your language model? Have you ever wanted to tokenize documents in a rare language or a specialized domain? Splitting text into tokens, it’s not a chore; it’s a gateway to transforming language into actionable intelligence. This story will teach you everything you need to know about tokenization, not only for BERT but for any LLM out there.

In my last story, we talked about BERT, explored its theoretical foundations and training mechanisms, and discussed how to fine-tune it and create a questing-answering system. Now, as we go further into the intricacies of this groundbreaking model, it’s time to spotlight one of the unsung heroes: tokenization.

The Ultimate Guide to Training BERT from Scratch: Introduction

Part III of this story is now live.