Assignments
This is a lecture course with discussion and student participation. Your final course grade (100%) will be based on the following:
Participation (10%)
1) Attend and participate!
2) Send an email to me and Waki with one question (based on the readings) and one quote/excerpt that you found most memorable before thursday midnight every week.
3) Waki’s corner! Every class we will spend 10 mins picking 1-2 of these questions randomly and discussing them with the class.
Assignment 1: Group/Individual Presentation (25%)
1) Find a group!
2) Pick two machine learning papers. One more recent <5 years. One older (no limit)
3) Present to class how AI research on this particular topic has changed over time. Discuss: How does social, cultural, economic, political context influence scientific research? What are major difference in the tech?
Grading: analysis [45%], clarity and delivery [25%], summary [30%]
Assignment 2/Midterm: Short Argument Paper (15%), Due: March 27th midnight
Prompt TBH
A 500 word paper take home answering the given prompt. Should take about 2-3 hours to complete. Fully open book, open notes, open AI, etc. Submit as a pdf.
Grading: analysis [25%], clarity and delivery [25%], originality [25%], argument [25%]
Assignment 3/Final: Research Paper (50%)
Proposal Due: Feb 20 midnight (10%)
Final Draft Due: May 10th midnight (40%)
Paper proposal and lit review:
<250 word paper proposal and 1 page lit review with citations (20+ citations)
Grading: analysis [25%], clarity and delivery [25%], extensiveness [25%], originality [25%]
Write a [1500, 2000] word research essay (can be technical or non-technical):
Choice 1: No prompt. Anything that can demonstrate insight to how AI has (or hasn't) changed over the years with substantial evidence.
Choice 2:
"AI's limitations" Discuss
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Your response must be submitted in English, as a .pdf file, and uploaded to course canva. Late assignments will be penalized 10% each 24 hour delay and not be accepted past 3 days. You may use online or AI tools such as ChatGPT and the library but that also means we expect the quality of your work to be much higher :)
Grading: analysis [25%], clarity and delivery [25%], extensiveness [25%], originality [25%]
** note you will not be graded on your English proficiency
