I think this is a very valuable exercise if you try to understand how LLMs work and if you have the time.
Sadly to go beyond an exercise, having the money is really what you need if you actually want LLMs now, not time.
Nowadays training very powerful LLMs is easy because all the tooling, source-codes, training datasets, and teaching agents are available.
Getting access to dozens of millions of USD or more is not easy, and for big players this is a just drop in their ocean.
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Sadly to go beyond an exercise, having the money is really what you need if you actually want LLMs now, not time.
Nowadays training very powerful LLMs is easy because all the tooling, source-codes, training datasets, and teaching agents are available.
Getting access to dozens of millions of USD or more is not easy, and for big players this is a just drop in their ocean.