ESSAYS: 1. Back to in-class essays: doesn’t take advantage of AI. 2. Keep outside essays, forbid AI: impossible to control. 3. Keep outside essays, require AI: burden is on instructor to QA. 4. Active learning in class: best long-term option, requires structural change.
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Survey on Multimodal Large Language Models and Instruction Tuning
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A Survey on Multimodal Large Language Models Large multimodals are likely going to be one of the next big things in AI research. This is a great survey on multimodal large language models(MLLM). Talks about topics like multimodal instruction tuning, multimodal in-context
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Smoothing Learning Curves Masks ML Pattern Complexity
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An easy way to enable wishful thinking in ML is to apply smoothing to your learning curves — makes it easy to miss any outliers, and forces your brain to think there's a simpler pattern to the datapoints than there often is.
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Guide to AI Newsletter: Policy, Tech, Startups and Research
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We just published our latest @guidetoai newsletter covering the last 4 weeks of policy, tech, startups, and research in AI. Check it out here: https://
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Claude Shannon’s Information Theory Landmark Paper Celebrates 75th Anniversary
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75 years ago this week Claude Shannon ushered in the field of information theory with his paper "A Mathematical Theory of Communication", which has been cited over 100,000 times: http://
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Teaching Children Mathematics: Modeling Complexity and Embracing Entropy
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En tant que père, je m'efforce de transmettre à mes enfants le goût des mathématiques, discipline qui permet de modéliser la complexité et d'embrasser l'entropie du monde. Cet éloge passionné nous rappelle leur beauté abstraite et leur rôle crucial. https://
attali.com/prospective/el
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Latest AI Guide Newsletter Issue Released Today
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The latest issue of @guidetoai newsletter is coming out shortly today! https://
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AI and DNA Unlocking Global Supply Chain Mysteries
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How A.I. and DNA Are Unlocking the Mysteries of Global Supply Chains
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Understanding Transformer Models: Architecture and Text Generation
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Dive into the fascinating world of Transformer models! Luis Serrano breaks down the architecture & functionality of these ML marvels in this blog. You'll learn how they maintain context, generate coherent text, & much more! Enhance your AI knowledge
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SAS Explore 2026: Premier événement technique IA et analytics
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While you are booking your travel plans, add SAS Explore to the top of the list . Summer just would not be complete without an #ExploreSAS registration in hand. This is the technical event for #AI and analytics professionals. http://
2.sas.com/6016PBfAs | Sept. 11-14 in Las Vegas
