This chapter delves into an exercise with students to demonstrate how large language models find connections between unrelated topics, showcasing the models' averaging and creativity capabilities. Through tasks like linking Taylor Swift with the Big Bang or Aardvarks with the Industrial Revolution, students gain a deeper understanding of how AI systems make connections between disparate concepts.
Jon Ippolito on a more critical framework for AI use (amongst other topics) on episode 524 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We need to either rethink what intelligence means, beyond the scope of simply being articulate and knowledgeable when it comes to to putting words together, or we need to think about what other values we want to promote and encourage and teach that go beyond intelligence.
-Jon Ippolito
It’s a problem because the average of 2 facts is not necessarily a fact.
-Jon Ippolito