Compression Is Prediction

Compression and LLMs are trying to solve the exact same problem: predicting what comes next. Learn the fundamentals of compression and how better prediction leads to better shrinkage.
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Understand how compression techniques and large language models share a common goal of predicting future data, and discover how improving prediction can enhance data compression efficiency.

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