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This self-paced course is designed for those who:

• Don’t have any technical background beyond high school math
• Need enough understanding about how AI works to evaluate the robustness of safety techniques

Key Takeaways

• A neural network has its reward function optimised through gradient descent
• The main drivers of AI development: algorithms, data, compute
• Understand how LLMs are trained and fine-tuned

Units

1: How does AI learn

Resources

• https://bluedot.org/blog/how-does-ai-learn
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk&utm_source=bluedot-impact
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZwWFHWa-w&utm_source=bluedot-impact
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g&utm_source=bluedot-impact
• https://medium.com/@richardcngo/visualizing-the-deep-learning-revolution-722098eb9c5?utm_source=bluedot-impact

2: Drivers of AI progress

Resources

• https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/the-ai-triad-and-what-it-means-for-national-security-strategy/
• https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/scaling-the-state-of-play-in-ai?utm_source=bluedot-impact