The impact of chatGPT and other large language models on physics research and education

Contribution List

27. Introductory remarks

Dr Kevin Burdge (MIT)

21/07/2023, 09:00

The computer science underlying large language models

1. Keynote address: Towards Machines that can Learn, Reason, and Plan (remote)

Prof. Yann LeCun (NYU/Meta)

21/07/2023, 09:05

The computer science underlying large language models

2. Generative AI gives some spectacular demonstrations, but I don’t know how!

Prof. Peter Szolovits (MIT)

21/07/2023, 10:00

The computer science underlying large language models

22. Language Models as World Models?

Prof. Jacob Andreas (MIT)

21/07/2023, 10:15

The computer science underlying large language models

4. Some experiments with LLMs, or why the world you were raised to survive in no longer exists

Dr Siddharth Mishra-Sharma (MIT/IAIFI)

21/07/2023, 10:45

The computer science underlying large language models

26. The Quantization Model of Neural Scaling

Eric Michaud (MIT)

21/07/2023, 11:00

The computer science underlying large language models

23. Keeping AI under control through mechanistic interpretability

Prof. Max Tegmark (MIT)

21/07/2023, 11:15

The computer science underlying large language models

6. Open discussion on broader societal impacts of LLMs, and implications for physics majors

Dr Kevin Burdge (MIT), Dr Joshua Borrow (MIT)

21/07/2023, 11:30

The computer science underlying large language models

7. Collaborating with ChatGPT to train an unsupervised machine learning algorithm on astronomical data

Emma Chickles (MIT)

21/07/2023, 12:40

The use of large language models in research

8. Fine-Tuning LLMs for Understanding Fundamental Physics Concepts and Problems

Rumen Dangovski (MIT)

21/07/2023, 12:55

The use of large language models in research

9. Building a platform for understanding scientific ideas by offloading increasing amounts of the research process to AI

Joshua Ramette (MIT)

21/07/2023, 13:10

The use of large language models in research

10. Using natural language processing-based information to aid the detector characterization and commissioning activities at various gravitational wave observatories

Dr Nikhil Mukund (MIT)

21/07/2023, 13:25

The use of large language models in research

11. Interactive demo session on using chatGPT in teaching and research-type applications

Dr Kevin Burdge (MIT)

21/07/2023, 13:40

The use of large language models in research

12. Open discussion on use of LLMs in teaching and research

Dr Joshua Borrow (MIT), Dr Kevin Burdge (MIT)

21/07/2023, 13:50

The use of large language models in research

13. How LLMs Are Changing Teaching at MIT

Prof. Christopher Capozzola (MIT)

21/07/2023, 14:30

The use of large language models in teaching/administration

14. Why I’m excited (but nervous) about using GPT in my MIT teaching

Prof. Daniel Jackson (MIT)

21/07/2023, 14:45

The use of large language models in teaching/administration

15. Combing AI transformers for convincing character generation

Dr Loyd Hoyt Waites (MIT)

21/07/2023, 15:00

The use of large language models in teaching/administration

16. AI Augmented Support for Computing Services

Julius Heitkoetter (MIT)

21/07/2023, 15:15

The use of large language models in teaching/administration

18. Answering student questions all-at-once! A case study for AI in the classroom

Dr Louis Deslauriers (Harvard)

21/07/2023, 15:30

The use of large language models in teaching/administration

24. Learning the other way: on AI and acing MIT

David Koplow (MIT)

21/07/2023, 15:45

The use of large language models in teaching/administration

25. Conversation on the Use of ChatGPT in Fall 2023 Physics Teaching

Dr Michelle Tomasik (MIT)

21/07/2023, 16:00

The use of large language models in teaching/administration

28. Capstone talk: LLMs for Physics, and Physics for LLMs

Dr Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Research)

21/07/2023, 16:10

The use of large language models in teaching/administration

21. Closing remarks

Dr Kevin Burdge (MIT)

21/07/2023, 17:10

The use of large language models in teaching/administration

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