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The SAIRC Discussion Forum is a space for AI enthusiasts to share what they're thinking about. No formal research paper required. Posts can be submitted anonymously and span a wide range of formats:
- Tutorials or deep-dives on AI topics
- Fresh perspectives: reframings or new ways of looking at something
- Novel research results communicated in plain language
- Resources and opportunities in AI (summer programs, tools, datasets)
- Thought experiments and speculative ideas
- Notes or study guides from courses
Recent Posts
A 20/80 Rule for AI in Education
Reposted with Permission from Mike Taubman and AI Waypoints.
Yesterday my students used AI for 10 minutes. That was more than enough, in both senses. I teach a class for 11th and 1…
The Convolutional Neural Network
The last few posts I've written about AI consciousness and infinite suffering have been fairly dire, so I decided to switch things up and write about something more practical: the …
AI Consciousness: A Biological Perspective
Most policy debates about AI revolve around its potential upsides: whether AI as an augmented decision-maker can solve existential risks like climate change or pandemics. But a dif…
Autoregression & Next-Token Prediction
Every time a language model generates text, it's doing something surprisingly simple: predicting one token at a time, with each choice shaped by everything that came before. This p…
The Difficult Margins of AI as a Teacher
Reposted with permission from Marcus Luther and The Broken Copier.
'Do you know the meaning of logistics?' This is the opening quote from one of my all-time favorite scenes from on…
Tracing the Thoughts of a Large Language Model
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The Sentence That I'm Very Tired Of Hearing as a Teacher
Reposted with permission from Marcus Luther and The Broken Copier.
For the past year, there has been one sentence that I feel like I cannot escape. No matter where I look as a teac…
Using Large Language Models for Automated Grading of Student Writing
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Alignment Faking in Large Language Models
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Analyzing the Impact of AI Tools on Student Study Habits and Academic Performance
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AI Tutoring Outperforms Active Learning
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Word Embedding
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MLP Training
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Non-Linearity
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Juicy Research Ideas and How to Find Them
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