Key Points
In this week's online lesson, you...
- Participated in a "guessing game" where you read a blog post that was eventually revealed to be from 2015, about RNNs (a precursor to modern LLMs).
- Engaged in some reflection and close reading of the blog post, identifying similarities to more recent writing about LLMs.
- Thought about the importance of being able to take a critical eye towards the way NLP breakthroughs tend to be talked about...
- ...which is not the same thing as just being negative/dismissive!
Though most online lessons won't be like this one and will focus more on technical skills than on analytical reading, you will continue to practice these skills in some form throughout the class in lockstep with your learning about NLP theory and algorithms.
Congrats on completing the first online lesson!
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