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Bay Area [AI] Builder Meetup - Sycophancy Edition
AWS GenAI Loft | San Francisco
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IN PRESENZA
English
200 – Intermedio
TLDR:
Bridging scholastic w enterprise and on other side of AI hype train for the last 2 years, using LLMs and other tools to automate things while addressing the deepest technical and ethical questions around AI safety in use within society.
Note: AI doomers not welcome, cool topic but we don't have time. We discuss actual [and current] harms from the technology as developers.
Talks this month:
- Xuandong Zhao, UC Berkeley, "The Bullshit Eval" (paper)
- Nicole Hsing, Arcarae, "MIRROR: Cognitive Inner Monologue Between Conversational Turns for Persistent Reflection and Reasoning in Conversational LLMs"
- Special guest to discuss latest LLM bias research
Schedule:
- 5:30pm - Doors / food
- 6:30pm - Talks w Q&A (5-10 min)
- 7:00pm - Discussion
- 8:00pm - Shutting it down
Directions: Attendees should enter via the courtyard entrance (up the stairs by the circular water fountain). For accessible entry, building staff will provide elevator access - please enter by the reception desk. All guests must present a valid and physical government-issued ID - this is mandatory with no exceptions.
Code of Conduct: All attendees are obliged to follow the AWS Community Codes of Conduct and agree to the AWS Event Terms and Conditions.
Blasts
Reminder to RSVP for Bay Area AI Builder Meetup - Sycophancy Edition: The Bullsh*t Eval and Bias
Quick reminder to RSVP if you haven't yet since we're one month out