Working with LLMs: From Principles to Practice

Large Language Models (LLMs) represent a fundamentally new form of technology. This AI prompting workshop is a hands-on interactive experience exploring the power of LLMs through a guided exploration of their strengths and weaknesses. This is an opportunity for a shared experience in the world of AI while enhancing skills in a fun, collaborative setting.

When

can I attend?

Workshop Date:
May 17th, 2024 @ 12pm-2pm Eastern Time

This workshop will last for two hours. If you’d like a customized workshop for your team, please contact us here.

Who

is this for?

Anyone who wants to learn more than tips and tricks and isn’t afraid to learn a bit of science to understand what’s behind all the hype behind Large Language Models. No prior experience necessary. It’s appropriate for learners at every level and includes hands-on activities that build on each other throughout the workshop.

Here’s who past participants recommend attend: 

“Everyone who wants to stay relevant.”
“Anyone like me who was looking for an introduction to how LLMs work and how you can best interact with them to get results you are seeking”
“I certainly would recommend this workshop to anyone who could use an overview of LLM history, tools, and their relationships, and those who could use hands-on experience with prompts.”

Why

would you attend?

Attend this course if you: 

  • Want to improve your ability to get work done with LLMs.

  • Lead teams and want to amplify productivity AND job satisfaction simultaneously.

  • Want to go beyond tips and tricks and learn a bit about how LLMs do what they do.

  • Will benefit from a small collection of exemplar prompts demonstrating key capabilities.

What

are the specific details?

This is a 2-hour online interactive workshop that takes place in a custom workspace where everyone will be able to experiment with GPT (3.5 and 4), with no subscription required. 

Workshop Itinerary

  1. Enter the Land of Large Language Models.
    Where are we? What are LLMs? What can and can’t they do? 

  2. Meet Your Interpreter, the Context Window.
    An interactive guided lesson on how to interact with an LLM and architect prompts to get the best results.

  3. Discussion. Explore common use cases relevant to your work (bring your questions!)

  4. Meet Your Factory—Doing Work With LLMs.
    Learn how organizations use LLMs to double productivity AND improve job satisfaction by crafting tiny reasoning machines.  

  5. Lab. Create your own tiny reasoning machines. 

  6. Meet Your Agent—Facilitating Work with LLMs.
    Learn how to prompt LLMs to facilitate interactive discussions that help you and your team get work done.

  7. Lab. Create your first interactive agent.

  8. Where Are Things Headed?
    No one knows exactly where this is all going, but there are core first-principle lenses to use as you discern your own path ahead. 

How

have others felt about it?

“That was a very fun and comfortable environment in which to learn and experiment.”
“Very grateful for the format of this. Making it playful makes it less intimidating”
“Really, it was a lot of fun, and so informative. I look forward to spending more time absorbing all the information in the slides.”
“The breakout sessions were fun!”
“I had an absolute blast. Very good workshop!”

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