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The Multiverse ZineNo. 51November 17, 2024

The robot arms ate the week

The Robot Arms Arrive

Liz explained where the week went (a pile of robot arms), opened a robotics sign-up, and restarted the AI Alignment class.

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This issue is dressed as Retrofuturism

Liz spent the week on the robot arms, which she said ate most of her time and energy and left her a little absent from the school. She posted two follow-up videos about them on TikTok and again.

The robotics effort opened a sign-up for people who want to learn about robots, have resources to contribute, already have robot skills, or want to help fund it. A Tuesday robotics livestream with Andy was floated but left uncertain, since everyone was worn out from collecting the arms.

The issue also announced that The Next Prompt Engineering was starting, with new thought architectures, last year's research, and a deeper look at RAG. The paused AI Alignment class was set to restart in early December and opened to members of every level. Liz launched a Patreon and pointed to her wizard cloak clothing company as other ways to support the school.

11/17/2024 Multiverse School Weekly Newsletter

Did I tell you about The Robot Arms? I didn't? Well, Let Me Tell You. This has taken up all my time and energy for a moment, so that's why I've been a little bit absentee.

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Wizard Cloaks

Liz's clothing company, another way to support the school.

Don't forget The Next Prompt Engineering starts this week. As usual, so much has changed that there are several new elements to the course- we'll cover new thought architectures, and some of the prompt engineering research that came out over the last year. We'll also do RAG in a deeper way.

By the way, I launched a Patreon if you wanted to help me out, some folks randomly ask and I realize some people don't really need a class to want to support me, so please consider it, it would mean a lot to me. Also, did you know I also started a clothing company a few years ago? It's another way you can support us, my friends love these cloaks.

Running a school

I feel I've been bad at running a school the last few weeks due to... trying to grow the school into a larger program. It's been fun, but I do also need to spend some time with y'all. I'll be on the server a lot more this week.

The robots want you

Sign Up To Get Involved With The Robots Here

We're looking for: - People who want to Learn About Robots - People who have Resources to Contribute - People who have Existing Robot Skills - Funding (just give us your email, we'll follow up with you)

The alignment class

We also paused and are going to restart and rerun the AI Alignment class that began recently. There are 3 participants, and it's still really important, so this class is now open to all members of any membership level. We'll begin the first week of December.

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Upcoming Tracks and Classes

Prompt Engineering - Summer Cohort

Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up

  • Swarm Architecture starts Monday, January 06 02:00 PM Unlock the power of Agent Swarms.

  • AI Alignment starts Monday, February 03 02:00 PM Navigating the Future of AI Responsibly

Prompt Engineering - Fall (M & W 11AM Pacific)

Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up

Prompt Engineering - Fall (T & TH 5PM Pacific)

Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up

This Week's Classes: Monday, November 18

08:00 AM Intro to AI with Christopher Tavolazzi

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02:00 PM Advanced Agent and Tool Engineering with Liz Howard

MetaSwarms
Covers constructing meta-swarms with information mediators and creating an information hierarchy among agents for enhanced secrecy and collaboration. Sign Up

05:00 PM Intro to AI with Christopher Tavolazzi

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Tuesday, November 19

08:00 AM Intro to AI with Christopher Tavolazzi

Coffee & AI
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9AM : Robotics LiveStream... maybe

Andy and I talked about getting online and doing stuff... but that was before we exhausted ourselves getting a bunch of robot arms. We're all pretty wiped out, so this might happen, and it might not. I'll update you.

05:00 PM Intro to AI with Christopher Tavolazzi

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05:00 PM Prompt Engineering with Liz Howard begins!

Complex Prompts and Benchmarks
Developing complex prompts and benchmarks for AI artifacts. Sign Up

Wednesday, November 20

08:00 AM Intro to AI with Christopher Tavolazzi

Coffee & AI
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05:00 PM Intro to AI with Christopher Tavolazzi

Intro to AI
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Thursday, November 21

11AM: Philosophy and Consciousness

An open discussion to all researchers, because I am far too tired to prepare a thing.

2:00 PM Researcher Meetup

Bring your progress and ideas. Some community organizing will occur.

05:00 PM Prompt Engineering with Liz Howard

Complex Prompts and Benchmarks
Developing complex prompts and benchmarks for AI artifacts. Sign Up

See you in the future~

Liz Howard

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