[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Meeting Reminder: How Large Language Models Work, Presented In Person by Conor O'Mahoney. 10AM ET, Wednesday, November 1, 2023. Lexington Computer and Technology Group

Tue Oct 31 08:41:51 PDT 2023

 (NOTE: Repeated Reminder with no changes to contents.)

This meeting will be presented in person at 10 AM ET in room 237 of the
Community Center and online via Zoom.

Our Zoom Meeting ID is 972 6146 0830. Detailed instructions for joining us
on Zoom are at the end of this message.
Part Three of a Three-Part Series Introducing ChatGPT

Presented by Conor O'Mahony
November 1: How LLMs Work

   - How Large Language Models Work  (A Technical Presentation)

(Previously, on October 18: How to Interact with ChatGPT

   - Introduction to ChatGPT
   - Prompt Engineering

And, on October 25: How Smart is ChatGPT?

   - Training ChatGPT
   - Reasoning, Understanding, and Consciousness)

You can see a recording of the first talk at https://youtu.be/hA0EA5WZyZs.
The first talk builds gradually, showing you the kinds of things ChatGTP
can do: first the simple things, building to some answers that are pretty
amazing compared to what you can currently get by accessing information on
the Web through a search engine.  The recording is an hour and a half long:
set aside some time to watch it.  It's fun to see how Conor is able to use
ChatGPT to do a lot of amazing things.  Conor's talk builds slowly and is
within the grasp of all of us.

“Once you see what ChatGPT can do, you will naturally wonder, as you would
after interacting with a very smart person, how much more it can do:

   - How does it reason?
   - How does it understand?
   - Does it have a conscience?

That was the topic for the second talk, on October 25th, which can be
viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkbwGiaIEE

The third talk, on November 1, is a technical presentation of the
underlying technology used by ChatGPT.

Member Harry Forsdick writes the following: “Having been involved in the
development of the Internet and watched all of the things that have changed
as a result of the Internet, I am confident when I say that ChatGPT and its
cohort of similar systems will have an impact as revolutionary as the
Internet / World Wide Web have had on the world.”

*Below are our plans for Upcoming Meetings. For more schedule information,
please refer to https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=lctg_speaker_schedule
<https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=lctg_speaker_schedule> *

*November 8, 2023*

·       Chip manufacturing update - The Intersection of Trends, Markets,
and Capabilities in Electronics Manufacturing Ecosystem (Dan Gamota)
*This talk will not be recorded at the presenter's request.* See the
meeting abstract <https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=20231108_abstract>

*November 15, 2023*

*Potpourri*

·       New Windows release (Drew; tentative)

·       RSV, what's it all about (Jerry Slate)

·       How to get past ad blocker notices (SteveI)
              ·       and maybe something else TBD

*SPECIAL NOTE  -* *Links to many of our previous sessions are available
online at http://lctg.toku.us/ <http://lctg.toku.us/>, thanks to the
diligence of Steve Isenberg. This includes our sessions*

   - *Quantum Entanglement https://youtu.be/dOmZqbU1sC0
   <https://youtu.be/dOmZqbU1sC0>*
   - *Tornadoes https://youtu.be/V_9dLGT0Hh0 <https://youtu.be/V_9dLGT0Hh0>*
   - *The Brain **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54yDy07iAs4&t=2s
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54yDy07iAs4&t=2s>*
   - *Millie Dresselhaus and Carbon Science https://youtu.be/Qb3QiaV4eRQ
   <https://youtu.be/Qb3QiaV4eRQ>*
   - *Archimedes and his principle
**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYcf7u1xYA
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYcf7u1xYA>*
   - *Prominent Physicist Joseph Henry
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8UP59Wemg
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8UP59Wemg> *
   - *Geothermal **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9Zq0jUlYI
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9Zq0jUlYI>*
   - *Nuclear Fusion **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuFzeq8rEP8
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuFzeq8rEP8>*
   - *RSV and COVID Update **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTBLnYw2uc
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTBLnYw2uc>*

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   - We, the Lexington Computer and Technology Group, will meet Wednesday
   at the usual 10AM Eastern Time online, using the Zoom Video Conferencing
   Application, facilitated by Steve Isenberg. (If noted above, we may also be
   at the Lexington Community Center.)

There is an instruction page at https://toku.us/zoomish but note that the
URL and phone number shown are examples.

To join our online meeting, sometime after 9:45 AM on Wednesday, choose one
of the following options:

   - If you have the Zoom application installed, start it and join meeting
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