Hi @MathewSa ,
if you take the self paced course of databricks generative AI engineering course that i available at Databricks Academy website , you can run some of the LLM notebooks on databricks community edition with Databricks runtime(s): 13.3.x-cpu-ml-scala2.12, 13.3.x-gpu-ml-scala2.12. This is applicable only for running small workloads.
For heavy workloads of course you need to upgrade your databricks subscription. Overall I think the Academy LLM courses are very nicely designed by Databricks Team. For exploring and get an initial good amount of understanding this course should be recommended for all LLM/Gen-AI Engineers and enthusiasts.