In addition to the other great suggestions, point him to Karpathy's YouTube channel[1]. Karpathy has an approachable communication style.
Here's his "1 hour intro to LLMs" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g
Here's his "1 hour intro to LLMs" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g
I will try to download it and send it to him.