RECAP:
Our chief take-away from last class was (roughly) this:
- Generative AI isn’t magic all by itself, but when you combine it with good prior knowledge it becomes very powerful.
We’ll talk a little bit more about AI and Programming on Monday, but until then here’s an interesting perspective on AI and programming: https://youtu.be/TjfWEajoESc?si=9zGCbNQBmBwUc0tQ. ( The comments on this video are as interesting as the video itself!)
TODAY:
I have a different sort of activity planned for our time together today. Students will be invited to use one of these four LLM platforms to perform a writing assignment.
- https://chat.openai.com (v 4.0)
- https://chat.mistral.ai/chat
- https://chat.openai.com/ (v 3.5)
- https://claude.ai/chat
LOOKING AHEAD:
Here are four podcast episodes that will be reflected in the content of your final exam:
- What Roles Should the Government Play in AI? (1/22/2024)
- The Surprising Way AI Will Make Us Value “Soft Skills” (2/27/2024)
- AI Is Transforming How We Interact With Computers (3/18/2024)
- Why Boring AI is Driving Adoption (4/1/2024)
I will add one more episode to this list before the end of the semester.
Finally, I will announce Assignment 3 next week. It will involve using the “Analyze Data” feature in excel, and contrasting that with the “Data Insight Engineer” GPT hosted on chatGPT.