Hume Seminar Series: Are ChatGPT and other LLMs deserving of all the hype?
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Time: 6:00pm
Location: In-Person; Newman Library 101S
Open to students, faculty, and alumni from Virginia Tech and all other IC CAE institutions and CCI affiliations.
About the Event
Join industry leader Ron Keesing for an introduction to ChatGPT and the rapid evolution of large language models (LLMs) based on transformer architectures. After a brief introduction to these models and their capabilities, as well as an overview of their underlying architectures, we will consider whether they’re really worth all the attention they’re currently receiving. What does ChatGPT have to teach us about issues like knowledge representation, the importance of labeled data, or the distinction between “strong” and “weak” AI? Can we apply emerging regulatory frameworks and ethical AI principles to these models? Will ChatGPT and other LLMs democratize AI or concentrate power in a few hands?
About the Speaker
Ron Keesing, SVP for Technology Integration Office of Technology at Leidos
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Sarah Downer at humecenter@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.
