Monday, September 02
Effective Use of Large Language Models as Assistants
The first session introduces participants to the basics of large language models, emphasizing practical applications such as improving model outputs through Emotional Priming and utilizing AI for brainstorming and summarizing tasks. It features hands-on activities to transform informal vocal transcripts into structured notes, create structured data from unstructured sources, and summarize long documents. The session also highlights the importance of understanding tokens in the inference process and compares market-available and open-source large language models. Practical exercises include modifying system instructions for enhanced problem-solving and generating structured, actionable insights from informal data.
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5:00 PM on Gather Town and potentially some Live On The Internet
Rover Brainstorming session with a Monday brain
Tuesday, September 03
Effective Use of Large Language Models in Analysis and Critique
The second session focuses on using large language models for editing, structured data creation, and critiquing. Participants learn to apply hyperparameters to improve inference outputs, use "Chain of Thought" methods to enhance reasoning, and systematically analyze and critique plans. The session includes hands-on exercises for editing with AI and creating structured data from unstructured sources. Additionally, it covers recognizing the models' limitations and biases and customizing system prompts for enhanced user preference alignment.
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Wednesday, September 04
Effective and Ethical Use of Large Language Models
The third session delves into aligning AI outputs with human values and ethical considerations. It teaches participants to build simple rubrics for models to follow and employ the "Expert Reviewers" strategy to improve model outputs and reduce hallucinations. Furthermore, the session includes exercises on prompt optimization and reflection techniques to ensure high-quality, reliable model responses. The ethical implications of using large language models are a core theme throughout this session, encouraging participants to critically engage with both the strengths and the weaknesses of these technologies.
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Thursday, September 05
11:00 AM Consciousness
JKL, Teja, and I are tearing through Towards a Taxonomy of Consciousness and doing a project with it.
Friday
No robot stream this Friday! Prepping for the Aforementioned Unmentionable Exciting Thing