alt Hacker News10-202: Introduction to Modern AI (CMU)
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For those that are unaware, the instructor of this is on the board of OpenAI:
https://openai.com/index/zico-kolter-joins-openais-board-of-...
I'm a little annoyed that 'modern AI' refers here only on LLMs, modern AI is way bigger than that.
Having said that, it's probably a good course, CMU courses are often great.
I was just expecting way more sota models in many fields due to the title.
If someone has this kind of ressource I would be extremely interested!
I started doing the free version of the course a few days ago - the lessons are excellent but what is even better are the homework tasks which allows me to run my tests locally!
It's sometimes easy to just listen and understand, but be unable to write the code myself - having this coding homework task has really helped me solidify this new knowledge.
10/10 would recommend
To those who actually are actually attempting to complete the course ie doing all the assignments in addition to watching lectures:
In your estimation : How much time does one realistically need every week to successfully finish the course?
Do you think this is a good course? Or, what do you suggest as a structured course to learn how LLMs work?
I hope the instructor will publish a textbook to support and accompany the course, will buy in a heartbeat.
Nice to finally see the revival of Lisp and Prolog.
thanks for sharing, these look great.
> AI Policy for the AI Course
“ Students are permitted to use AI assistants for all homework and programming assignments (especially as a reference for understanding any topics that seem confusing), but we strongly encourage you to complete your final submitted version of your assignment without AI. You cannot use any such assistants, or any external materials, during in-class evaluations (both the homework quizzes and the midterms and final).
The rationale behind this policy is a simple one: AI can be extremely helpful as a learning tool (and to be clear, as an actual implementation tool), but over-reliance on these systems can currently be a detriment to learning in many cases. You absolutely need to learn how to code and do other tasks using AI tools, but turning in AI-generated solutions for the relatively short assignments we give you can (at least in our current experience) ultimately lead to substantially less understanding of the material. The choice is yours on assignments, but we believe that you will ultimately perform much better on the in-class quizzes and exams if you do work through your final submitted homework solutions yourself.”