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How Much Do You REALLY Know About How AI Works?

How Much Do You REALLY Know About How AI Works?

There are foundational building blocks to understanding and safely using AI. Do you have room to grow the depth of your knowledge when it comes to AI, or are you already a master of the foundational AI elements that produce AI?

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1. Can you describe, specifically, how AI uses weights, bias and functions to iteratively fit patterns? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

2. Can you describe how AI differs from human intelligence in terms of using context in visual, language and math? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

3. Can you describe how Gradient Descent differs from systematic search of a solution space? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

4. Can you describe how the dimensionality of information is calculated, the difference in solution space between two dimensions, three dimensions, and 32 dimensions for example and why it matters to AI?

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I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

5. Can you describe under what conditions gradient descent is likely to produce a spurious output? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

6. Can you describe how compression bottlenecks dimensions, and the risk in losing precision in the process?

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I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

7. Can you describe how false accept and false reject are used to measure the precision of AI output? Can you define when to use training data vs. hold out vs. in-market/clinical path data for model development and validation? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

8. Can you describe the difference for AI in playing a game like Chess or Go versus operating an autonomous vehicle in terms of the breadth of AI skills and inputs and where the risk of adversarial attack is highest? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

9. Can you describe what it is about AI that makes providing a specific rationale for its output difficult, and some scenarios where a rationale for AI’s output would be important and under what scenarios a rationale for AI output is not necessary? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

10. Can you explain the difference in the power law and normal distributions in AI observations and which part of the power law poses a problem for AI? Can you explain how bias can arise in normally distributed AI data, and different strategies for measuring bias and offsetting it? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

11. Can you explain under what circumstances AI will likely take replace previous non-AI approaches, even if it is less precise? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

12. Can you share an example where AI has generated over a billion dollars in losses based on AI applied in a risky scenario, and what could have been done differently to avoid the outcome? Can you describe a scenario where AI generated over a billion dollars in value, and what made the scenario less risky for the application of AI? *

I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper).

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT.

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes.

I’d just be guessing.

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I could write the text book answer on this (or, at least, an 'A' quality term paper). 10 points

I’m pretty sure I could do a decent job of answering this question accurately without resorting to using a search engine of ChatGPT. 5 points

I’ve seen the words described for AI and have a vague notion of what you are asking, but I probably could not give a textbook answer or a decent answer without making some mistakes. 3 points

I’d just be guessing. 1 point

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