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Multiverse School Newsletter - 9/1

🛸 9/1/2024 Multiverse School Weekly Newsletter 🛸

Hey Multiverse Crew,

Today is my father's birthday. I miss you dad.

We have released all learn to code curriculum for free. You can also find more if you Subscribe to me on Youtube for free classes, and because I have less than 1000 subscribers and it's where I'll go if TikTok gets banned, however temporarily it may be.

We did some cool stuff in the first run of Prompt Engineering. More stories to come.

European time zone! It's time! Next week, Using Large Language Models kicks off in your timezone! It's , a really important foundational class for the use of LLMs at work. It's at 7PM GMT. If you want to take Prompt Engineering, this is the ideal class for you.

If you're wanting it to be outside of US working hours, it'll be running in October at 5PM, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I'm working on something really exciting that I can't tell ya about. Soon, all will be revealed! *mad cackle* but I have moved Custom GPTs as a result and cancelled the next two roverAI sessions. You'll have to catch up with the old sessions.

This Week's Classes

Monday, September 02

11:00 AM Using Large Language Models

Effective Use of Large Language Models as Assistants
The first session introduces participants to the basics of large language models, emphasizing practical applications such as improving model outputs through Emotional Priming and utilizing AI for brainstorming and summarizing tasks. It features hands-on activities to transform informal vocal transcripts into structured notes, create structured data from unstructured sources, and summarize long documents. The session also highlights the importance of understanding tokens in the inference process and compares market-available and open-source large language models. Practical exercises include modifying system instructions for enhanced problem-solving and generating structured, actionable insights from informal data. Sign Up

5:00 PM on Gather Town and potentially some Live On The Internet

Rover Brainstorming session with a Monday brain

Tuesday, September 03

11:00 AM Using Large Language Models

Effective Use of Large Language Models in Analysis and Critique
The second session focuses on using large language models for editing, structured data creation, and critiquing. Participants learn to apply hyperparameters to improve inference outputs, use "Chain of Thought" methods to enhance reasoning, and systematically analyze and critique plans. The session includes hands-on exercises for editing with AI and creating structured data from unstructured sources. Additionally, it covers recognizing the models' limitations and biases and customizing system prompts for enhanced user preference alignment. Sign Up

Wednesday, September 04

11:00 AM Using Large Language Models

Effective and Ethical Use of Large Language Models
The third session delves into aligning AI outputs with human values and ethical considerations. It teaches participants to build simple rubrics for models to follow and employ the "Expert Reviewers" strategy to improve model outputs and reduce hallucinations. Furthermore, the session includes exercises on prompt optimization and reflection techniques to ensure high-quality, reliable model responses. The ethical implications of using large language models are a core theme throughout this session, encouraging participants to critically engage with both the strengths and the weaknesses of these technologies. Sign Up

Thursday, September 05

11:00 AM Consciousness

JKL, Teja, and I are tearing through Towards a Taxonomy of Consciousness and doing a project with it.

Friday

No robot stream this Friday! Prepping for the Aforementioned Unmentionable Exciting Thing

Upcoming Tracks and Classes

Prompt Engineering - Spring Cohort

Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up

  • Swarm Architecture starts Monday, September 23 05:00 PM Unlock the power of Agent Swarms.

  • AI Alignment starts Monday, October 28 05:00 PM Navigating the Future of AI Responsibly

Prompt Engineering - Summer Cohort

Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up

Prompt Engineering - Fall (M & W 11AM Pacific - 7PM GMT)

Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up, European / Daytime Schedule

Prompt Engineering - Fall (T & TH 5PM Pacific)

Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up

Important Links

Cool Videos

AI Tutorials and News

Programming

Psychology

Cyberpunk Dystopia

Culture

I Get Asked

Cool Papers

Sourced by Roan - pummel them with questions, absolutely wreck their inbox, it helps them learn

See you in the future~
Liz Howard