The papers that
built modern AI.
Narrated, animated breakdowns of the foundational research papers behind today's AI — self-attention, embeddings, and the ideas everything else builds on. Free to watch.
Paper Breakdowns — frequently asked questions
Are the paper breakdowns free to watch?
Yes. Every breakdown is a free narrated video plus a written companion — no paywall, no sign-up.
Who makes these breakdowns?
They are written and narrated by Saurabh Singh, a senior AI engineer, focused on making foundational research actually intuitive — real analogies and animated visuals, not just equations read aloud.
Do I need a research background to follow along?
No. Each breakdown is built for engineers and curious builders, not academics — every idea is explained with an everyday analogy before the formal version, if there is one.
Which paper should I start with?
"Attention Is All You Need" — it introduced the Transformer, the architecture underneath GPT, BERT, Claude, and Gemini. Nearly everything else in modern AI builds on it.
A paper missing?
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