Week 1
Topic 1 – Introduction to AI: Foundations of Machine Learning
Slides
Hands-On Friday
Slide Web Links
Using AI Right Now: A Quick Guide (Ethan Mollick)
Other Resources (Optional)
1.Introduction to AI
Watch a neural network in action. See a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) learn to identify hand-written numbers in a MNIST Demo. (Interactive Website)
What Is Artificial Intelligence? Crash Course AI #1 (YouTube, 11:45)
How to Spot Deepfakes and AI-Generated Images (YouTube, 3:17)
2.Types of Machine Learning
Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning (YouTube, 7:07)
Supervised Learning: Crash Course AI #2 (YouTube, 15:23)
Unsupervised Learning: Crash Course AI #6 (YouTube, 12:34)
"Attention is All You Need"(Very Technical Paper, 2017)
3. Basic Terminology
To see next word prediction, try Write with Transformer: Open the link and pick any model. Type in the box, and, whenever you push TAB, it will show you possible ways of continuing your sentence. (Interactive Website)
Can AI detect its own hallucinations? Try the Detect LLM Hallucinations. NOTE: This activity Is for teaching purposes only. Its inclusion here does not imply it can accurately detect hallucinations. (Interactive Website)
Google’s NEW Prompting Guide is Incredible! (YouTube, 9:10)
What is an AI Token? | LLM Tokens explained in 2 minutes! (YouTube, 1:58)
How ChatGPT Predict Words? How ChatGPT Masters Language Prediction and Revolutionizes Conversations (YouTube, 3:32)
What Are AI Hallucinations and How Do They Work? (YouTube, 3:29)
What is a Reasoning Engine in AI? (YouTube, 4:29)
How AI "Reasons" (YouTube, 17:23)
Notes
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