Week 8 - BALT 4396b - Summary

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This class was very enjoyable. Having the option to write blogs instead of papers is also quite nice. It makes it a lot more fun and interesting. When I signed up for the class I wasn’t too sure how the actual work and lectures would be. I was feeling like it was going to be difficult and the material was going to be complex. I had that worry that I wasn’t going to understand. But it’s actually very beginner friendly and professor Kelsey did a good job being clear. The course covered his own books on AI which was pretty cool and the books are right to the point with the introductions to the concepts.

The main two books covered were “Learning Python with ChatGpt and Google Colab” and “Data Toolkit: Python + Hands - On Math.” From these books we got a better understanding of what Python and ChatGPT are and what they do. We also got to see how data and math is linked to the softwares; we can solve problems and structure them. But the most interesting topic that was hit during this course in my opinion was the topic about how AI will be implemented into our careers. Not everyone in the class is majoring in the same exact field, but it’s interesting how AI will be a part of many of our daily lives at work. Professor Kelsey did a good job getting us to think and his ideas in the lectures were very interesting as well. This is a class I’d recommend to anyone that is looking to add another class or satisfy their BALT courses. It’s one of the more interesting ones for sure.