From the Instructor

Please see the following:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloudskillschallenge/ai/registration/2024?ocid=aisc24_csc_learnpromo_T1_cnl 

See the class schedule for the day’s agenda.

-Shafer

Let’s see how this goes.. Excel Power Query.pdf

Hey everyone,

So much is happening in AI news, that I want to talk about it:

• The existential threat of AI – https://time.com/6898967/ai-extinction-national-security-risks-report
• Super robots! – https://community.openai.com/t/openai-chatgpt-robot-figure-01/681733 
• Friendly AI – https://inflection.ai/inflection-2-5 
• AI that writes code! – https://www.cognition-labs.com/introducing-devin

Then of course there is our assigned viewing for today… let’s talk about how AI promises to change the nature of human computer interfaces.

1. What is low latency voice?
2. What is “silent voice” interaction?
3. What does this phrase mean “inversion of the traditional paradigm”
4. Will AI devices of the future distract us less than smartphones do now?
5. What is Rabbit R1?
6. What about the trend that NLW identified at the end of the posdcast?

Finally, me versus Co-pilot.

-Shafer

Exam 1 Histogram – exam1hist.pdf

In class today we will revisit AI features built into Excel.

-Shafer

You will take the exam today.  It is closed book, closed notes.  Bring a pencil.

It would be super-cool if you knew what your 9 digit TUID was so that you could put it (and your name) on the SCANTRON form.

-Shafer

Once again, you heard it here first, folks: https://youtu.be/3LI60SA056A?si=W12i1XLqiukz8XoH  ( Claude 3 is supposedly self aware!)

In class today we will focus on exam prep.  There is a study guide posted on the class schedule, which I will review.

I will also share a practice exam with the class, and we will review the answers to it in class.

-Shafer

 

Some things we will do today are listed below.

But first… you heard it here first, folks: https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-large/ 

1. revisit the slide deck on why AI sometimes hallucinates.
2. Review your very first homework assignment
3. Work on an in-class activity

Reminders – no class on Friday. 

Finally, do not be shocked if one or more questions from the Andrej Kaparthy video and review appear on your mid-term.

-Shafer

 

In class today we explored LLMs a bit more. 

We had an activity, as well as some slides.  You can find those things on the class schedule.

-Shafer

Happy Monday everyone!

Going to start with some announcements about:

1. Last class ( I chose to reopen the discussion )
2. Friday this week (No in person class on Friday this week.)
3. How to get your lowest quiz grade dropped.

There have been some big things going on in AI news… I feel like I should at least mention them:

1. Sora (from OpenAI)
2. Gemini 1.5 ( from Google)

After we chat about those for a few minutes, we’ll move on into the discussion I had planned for today… and an introduction to this week’s content.  (Slides are on the class schedule.)

-Shafer