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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This meeting will be presented in
person at 10 AM ET in room 237 of the Community Center and online via Zoom.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Our Zoom Meeting ID is 972 6146
0830. Detailed instructions for joining us on Zoom are at the end of this
message.<span></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:14pt">Part Two of a Three-Part Series </span><span style="font-size:18pt">Introducing ChatGPT</span><span style="font-size:14pt"><span></span></span></h3>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">Presented by Conor O'Mahony<span></span></span></p>
<h4 style="margin:12pt 0in 3pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">October 25: How Smart
is ChatGPT?<span></span></span></h4>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Training ChatGPT<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Reasoning, Understanding, and
Consciousness<span></span></span></li></ul>
<h4 style="margin:12pt 0in 3pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:bold"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">November 1: How LLMs
Work<span></span></span></h4>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How Large Language Models Work<span></span></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(Previously, on October 18: How to Interact with ChatGPT<span></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Introduction to ChatGPT<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Prompt Engineering)<span></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Member
Harry Forsdick writes the following:<span></span></span></p>
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can see a recording of the first talk at <a href="https://youtu.be/hA0EA5WZyZs" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">https://youtu.be/hA0EA5WZyZs</span></a>. 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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">“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: <span></span></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How does it reason?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How does it understand?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Does it have a conscience? <span></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">“That
is the topic for [the] talk on October 25th at 10am in room 237 of the
Lexington Community Center and on Zoom at <a href="https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/97261460830" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/97261460830</span></a>.
The final talk will be on November 1st, same time and places.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">“It's
not too late to catch up by looking at the video of yesterday's talk at <a href="https://youtu.be/hA0EA5WZyZs" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">https://youtu.be/hA0EA5WZyZs</span></a>. I think
you will enjoy seeing the start of the next major development in accessing
the World's Knowledge. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">“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.”<span></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:bold"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">SPECIAL
NOTE <span> </span>-</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">Links to many of our previous sessions are available online at <a href="http://lctg.toku.us/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://lctg.toku.us/</a>, thanks to
the diligence of Steve Isenberg. This includes our sessions</span></i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></span></i></span></h3>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Quantum Entanglement <a href="https://youtu.be/dOmZqbU1sC0" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span>https://youtu.be/dOmZqbU1sC0</span></a></span></i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
<span></span></span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Tornadoes <a href="https://youtu.be/V_9dLGT0Hh0" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span>https://youtu.be/V_9dLGT0Hh0</span></a></span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></u></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The Brain </span></i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54yDy07iAs4&t=2s" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54yDy07iAs4&t=2s</a><span></span></span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Millie Dresselhaus and Carbon Science <a href="https://youtu.be/Qb3QiaV4eRQ" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span>https://youtu.be/Qb3QiaV4eRQ</span></a></span></i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Archimedes and his principle </span></i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYcf7u1xYA" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYcf7u1xYA</a><span></span></span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Prominent Physicist Joseph Henry <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8UP59Wemg" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8UP59Wemg</span></a> </span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></u></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Geothermal </span></i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9Zq0jUlYI" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9Zq0jUlYI</a></span></i><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Nuclear Fusion </span></i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuFzeq8rEP8" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuFzeq8rEP8</a><span></span></span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:blue;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">RSV and COVID Update </span></i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTBLnYw2uc" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTBLnYw2uc</a><span></span></span></i></span></li></ul>
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addressed to you and you would like to join the group, or if you have a friend
or colleague who might also be interested in joining, it's easy. Ask them
to go to the group's wiki page at </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://LCTG.toku.us" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">http://LCTG.toku.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:rgb(11,83,148)">and follow the simple
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are available on Zoom you only need to be connected to the Internet to join. It's
ok to join from anywhere you can get a decent Internet connection.<span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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.)<i><span></span></i></span></li></ul>
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page at <a href="https://toku.us/zoomish" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://toku.us/zoomish</a>
but note that the URL and phone number shown are examples.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
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sometime after 9:45 AM on Wednesday, choose one of the following options:</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">If you have the Zoom application installed, start it and join
meeting with ID 972 6146 0830</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">From your browser, go to: <a href="https://zoom.us/j/97261460830" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/97261460830</a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">>From your smartphone, tap this: +16468769923,,97261460830</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">From a “dumb” telephone, call 1 646 876 9923 and enter
meeting ID: 972 6146 0830 </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></li></ul>
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and use the on-screen controls that turn on the sound and the video. You
should be able to see and hear others and they should be able to see and
hear you, if you have a camera and microphone (each of which you can
unmute selectively).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></li></ul>
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