OLLI101552 - Large Language Models of ChatGPT: Unveiling the Power of Artificial Intelligence (IN PERSON AT TUCC)

Course Description

LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND CHATGPT: UNVEILING THE POWER OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE                                             

Instructor: William Dowling

Day of Week: Thursday

Dates: Feb 1 – Mar 14 (6 sessions)

No Class: Mar 7

Time: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Location: In person at TUCC

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Bard are powering a new generation of advances in computing that are likely to have profound effects in education, work, and society at large. In this course we will examine the history, capabilities, and potential for both good and harm of these LLMs. The course format includes lectures, class discussion, analysis of examples, in-class experimentation, and learner-supplied scenarios.

Maximum In-Person: 30

Instructor Bio:

William (Will) Dowling has an A.B. in Linguistics from Princeton and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Penn. After several years teaching Math and C.S. at Drexel he took jobs in industry with a focus on the intersection of natural language application and novel computing/ data organization. Retired from Elsevier as a data scientist, he is currently working part-time applying LLMs in the medical domain

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