Probabilistic parrots: an intro to opportunities and perils of AI in research

Session 1: Learning the lingo

• Types of AI tools

• How do they work?

• Where can I get them and how to use them?

Session 2: Probabilistic parrots

Opportunities

Perils

Are we that different? (Bayesian and deep neural nets)

The newborn AI

Raising the newborn AI: Training and validation

Adopting an AI: What is out there and how to get it.

Large language models

Session 3: Creating and training AIs

Session 4: Running with wolves and dancing alone