ml-retreat is a personal repository for advanced learning in artificial intelligence. It provides an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of machine learning as well as essential reading/viewing resources on more nuanced topics. The goal of this project is to study the 30 essential research papers recommended by Ilya Sutskever, the Distilled AI blog, various AI/ML video playlists, and to gain deep insights into and implementations of Transformers, LLMs, and related themes.